giving human (or person) characteristics to nonhuman things
What is personification
100
unlucky
What is hapless
100
sarcasm
What is verbal irony
100
what does the first 'T' stand for?
What is title
200
Brotherhood, unity
What is Camaraderie
200
a comparison between two unlike thing USING "like" or "as"
What is simile
200
to reduce, lessen
What is abate
200
a reversal of what we expect to happen
What is situational irony
200
What does the 'P' stand for
What is paraphrase
300
to become or remain helpless
What is wallow
300
a comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
What is metaphor
300
a remedy for all ills or difficulties
What is panacea
300
The killer hiding behind the door is an example of
What is dramatic irony
300
What does the last 'T' stand for
What is Theme
400
to hand over responsibility for something
What is delegate
400
words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to
Example: BOOM, BANG, SNAP
What is onomatopoeia
400
extremely skilled
What is adept
400
where the reader knows more than the characters do
What is dramatic irony
400
when does a shift normally happen in a poem (if it has one)
What is in the last stanza
500
to reject; renounce
What is abjure
500
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Example: “My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.”
What is anaphora
500
a long speech marked by harsh or biting language
What is tirade
500
name one ironic event in "Lamb to the Slaughter"
What is the police eating the evidence, the lamb being the weapon, Mary killing her husband