British Lit
Repetition of similar vowel or diphthong sounds in adjacent or closely connected non-rhyming words
Assonance
lībertās, lībertātis
liberty
Lesson 1
ratiō, ratiōnis
method, reason, plan, way
Lesson 8
Organisms that eat only plants
herbivores
The disposition of terms in the premises.
The angle from which a story is told.
Point of view
plūrimus, a, um
very many, the greatest number, (pl.) the most
Lesson 2
studeō, studēre, studuī
am eager (for)
strive (after)
am devoted (to)
Lesson 10
The number of protons in an atom
atomic number
A word that expresses what the sentence is about
subject
One line or two (or occasionally three) syllables followed by four short rhyming lines. Appears at the conclusion of stanzas in later Middle English poetry.
Bob and wheel
Pg 45
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus
do, make
Lesson 3
hortor
urge, encourage
Lesson 11
Building blocks of DNA and RNA.
nucleotides
Conditional, Disjunctive, Conjunctive syllogisms
Conditional Syllogism
A poetic name for a person, place, or thing, which consists of several descriptive words often by a hyphen. This technique was specifically used in Old English epic poetry.
Kenning
remittō, remittere, remīsī, remissus
send back, return, release
Lesson 4
certus, a, um
certain, fixed
Lesson 12
Relationship between two or more organisms from different species where all benefit from the association.
mutualism
The prettiest and dialectically the most effective form of conditional reasoning.
Dilemmas
A story containing another story. Sometimes the inner story is told by a character in the frame story; sometimes the inner story is a play or story read or viewed by characters in the frame story.
Framework story
dīvidō, dīvidere, relīquī, relictus
leave, leave behind
Lesson 7
pēs, pedis
foot (of an animal, mountain, etc; or a unit of measure)
Lesson 15
Sum total of all processes in an organism that break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks.
catabolism
A certain relation is inferred between the major and minor term
Oblique Syllogism