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Famous Quotes
100
Alliteration is to Consonance as Suffix is to
What is Affix?
100
I love you like a fat kid loves cake
What is a simile?
100
A real or fictional event or series of such events comprising the subject of a novel, story, narrative poem, or a play, especially in the sense of what the characters do in such a narrative that form the skeleton of a narrative's plot.
What is Action?
100
Medusa
What is Additive Monster?
100
"He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our ________ is our helper." Edmund Bruke
What is Antagonist?
200
Allusion is to Reference as Setting is to
What is Ambiance?
200
Ouch!
What is onomatopoeia?
200
From Greek "tip or end of a name"
What is Acronym?
200
"Arms that wrap around a shawl" T.S. Eliot
What is Anastrope?
200
I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an ______, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms. Manuel Puig
What is Allegory?
300
The Aloft is to the Globe as Abstract Nouns is to
What is Abstract Poems
300
An exaggeration or overstatement
What is a hyperbole?
300
This phrase refers to a narrative that starts at the beginning of the plot, and then moves chronologically through a sequence of events to the tale's conclusion.
What is Ab Ovo?
300
We Shall Fight in France. We Shall Fight in Spain.
What is Anaphora?
300
"God created man in his image, and man, being a gentleman, returned the compliment." Mark Twain
What is Anthropomorphism?
400
Juxaposition is to Antithesis as Moral is to
What is Aphorism?
400
The combination of two or more words to create a new word.
What is portmanteau?
400
Fire, Air, Earth, & Water
What are the four elements in Medieval Alchemy?
400
Malcolm X
What is an Autobiography?
400
One good _________ is worth a volume of biography. William Ellery Channing
What is an Anecdote?
500
Abolitionist Literature is to Anit-Semitic Literature as Unique is to
What is Archetype?
500
John Keats, in a letter of October 27, 1818, suggested that a poet, possessing the power to eliminate his own personality, can take on the qualities of something else and write most effectively abouProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 it.
What is Negative Capability?
500
Designed to ward off evil influence or malevolent spirits by frightening these forces away.
What is Apotropaic?