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Verbalize that Verb
Articulate that Adjective
Name that Noun
Poets
Things Fall Apart
100
To make something unnecessary
What is to obviate?
100
Overdone, boring, cliché
What is banal?
100
Word choice
What is diction?
100
One of the most famous Japanese poets - modernizer of the haiku
Who is Basho?
100
The main character in the novel.
Who is Okonkwo?
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! (CATEGORY: POETRY TERMS)
What is an allusion?
200
Something that's capable of being supported or defended
What is tenable?
200
Closeness to reality
What is verisimilitude?
200
A Marxist poet from Chile whose poetry focuses on universal "brotherhood" and includes the infamous "punto"
Who is Pablo Neruda?
200
The main character's firstborn son, a thoughtful and more sensitive person whose character reflects that of his grandfather.
Who is Nwoye?
300
To provide proof/evidence to an idea or argument
What is to substantiate?
300
Cynical or world-wearied
What is jaded?
300
A habit or inclination
What is propensity?
300
Contemporary Jewish poet whose poems include "Moon Was Reading Bible"
Who is Zelda Mishkovsky?
300
The main character's daughter, whom he wishes were a boy instead.
Who is Ezinma?
400
To systematize
What is to codify?
400
Something that is only partially relevant
What is tangential?
400
A polarized either-or logic
What is dichotomy?
400
An Australian poet who wants her trouble "on the rocks"
Who is Dorothy Porter?
400
The main village of the novel.
What is Umuofia?
500
Rely on the double meaning of a word to make an ambiguous argument
What is to equivocate?
500
Something with unactualized potential
What is latent?
500
An element out of place historically
What is anachronism?
500
Armenian poet who desired to re-find the "Armenian spirit"
Who is Daniel Varuzhan?
500
The Nigerian culture portrayed in Things Fall Apart
What is Igbo?