My Heart Leaps Up
William Wordsworth
Rules, terms, definitions to be learned
Grammar
Singular words ending in "consonant - y" are made plural this way
Change y to i and add es
When a word is created from its associative sound
Onomatopoeia
Slow and steady incline. Word and root
Gradual grad
If
Rudyard Kipling
The proper ordering of thoughts
Logic
I before E except after ___ (letter)
C
Rise high in the bright sky. A run of rhyming vowels sounds.
Assonance
Sandwich shop. Word and root
Delicatessen deli
Can't
Edgar Guest
The discipline that involves "wonder" about the world
Music
With rare exceptions, English words do not end in these four letters
I, U, V, J
Jack jumped and jarred his jaw. The repetition of "j's"
Alliteration
Person who carries out law enforcement duties. Word and root
Officer offic
Most of the Psalms
David
Eloquent expression of thoughts and arguments
Rhetoric
"U" is not treated as a follow when it appears this way
After "q"
Comparing with the use of "like" or "as"
Simile
Body part or musical instrument. Word and root
Organ organ
Henry V's Agincourt Speech
William Shakespeare
The four mathematical arts
Quadrivium
Every syllable must have one of these
What is a vowel
Term for recognition of the best or most
Superlative
In search of the Holy Grail. Word and root
Quest ques