The new paradigm was threatening, the new paradigm was bold, and the new paradigm made students angry as they struggled with the new dress code that would force them all to wear purple, turquoise and hot pink plaid jackets.
What is anaphora?
100
prudent
What is showing carefulness and foresight?
100
acuity
What is mental sharpness; keenness?
100
Of "then" and "than" the word word used to make a comparison, as in "Robert hinted that his cleats were bigger _____ Wen Chiao's.
What is "than"?
100
Identify the figurative language in "Megan hit Wen Chiao for making a mountain out of molehill.
What is alliteration?
200
David felt immense trepidation as he faced his arduous climb up K2 but he knew the rewards would be great and the thrill exhilarating and the press conference flattering and he gained momentum from that renewed vigor.
What is polysyndeton?
200
concillatory
What is to overcome anger and hostility; to help to make peace?
200
festoon
What is to drape, decorate as for a parade or state event?
200
Of "cite" and "site" the one meaning to quote.
What is "cite"?
200
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
What is antithesis?
300
The only way the commoners could mitigate the rage of King Wen-Chiao was to lie humbly prostrate before him, to be temporarily subservient, to feign obedience for the moment.
What is asyndeton?
300
self-effacing
What is humble?
300
genuflect
What is to bow as before a priest (reverent gestures)?
300
Of "insure" and "ensure" the one meaning "to make certain of something."
What is "ensure"?
300
The White House has decided to create more purposeless jobs for the masses.
What is metonymy?
400
King Robert reveled in his class's adulation, but his classe's adulation was false as they feared his peremptory decree that everyone should turn all their chocolate over to the court.
What is chiasmus?
400
schizoid
What is relating to or having a personality disorder marked by extreme shyness, or an inability to relate to others?
400
Of "accept" and "except" the one meaning "to believe"
What is "accept"?
400
He has passed away, kicked the bucket, gone to the great beyond...
What is euphemism?
500
Susu's eyes sparkled inscrutably in her wizened old face as her twenty-something boss told her that he no longer needed her, that he no longer had use for her, that he no longer would employ her.
What is epistrophe?
500
churlish
What is ill-mannered or rude; peasantlike?
500
throes
What is the condition of agonizing struggle or trouble?
500
Of "rite" and "wright" the one meaning a builder or craftsman.
What is "wright"?
500
"O western wind, when wilt thou blow
That the small rain down can rain?"