LITERARY DEVICES
LIFE IN THE 1900s
JOURNEY TO THE WEST
MONEY MOVES
EASY "WIN"NINGS
400

NOT INVENTED BY BEES, THIS DEVICE DENOTES A PHRASE OR TERM POPULAR FOR ITS TIME 

BUZZWORD

400

THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING WAS COMPLETED IN THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS OF NEW YORK CITY IN THIS YEAR

1931

400

PROTAGONIST OF THE FIRST PORTION OF WU CHENG'EN'S NOVEL, THIS HERO REBELLED AGAINST THE HEAVENLY BUREAUCRACY, AND ALMOST WON TOO

SUN WUKONG

400

THIS WORD IS ALSO PART OF ANY ROOM, BUT HERE REFERENCES THE AREA OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE OCCUPIED BY BROKERS AND TRADERS

THE FLOOR

400

TO FORM BY TWISTING OR INTERLACING, ALSO A TYPE OF MATERIAL

TWINE

800

ITALIAN FOR "STOPPING PLACE" GIVES US THIS WORD FOR PART OF A POEM

STANZA

800

THIS ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1949 REPRESENTED BY A FOUR LETTER ACRONYM WAS CREATED IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM AND COMBAT THE SOVIET UNION

NATO

800

ALSO KNOWN AS TRIPTIKA, THIS BUDDHIST MONK WAS TASKED WITH RETRIEVING BUDDHIST SUTRAS FROM INDIA 

TANG SANZANG

800

PROOF OF OWNERSHIP IS REQUIRED TO BE FORMALLY REGISTERED AS A PART OWNER OR ONE OF THESE

STOCKHOLDER

800

THIS PERIOD, CAUSED BY THE TILT OF THE EARTH'S AXIS WHEN A HEMISPHERE IS ORIENTED AWAY FROM THE SUN

WINTER

1200

A LITERARY DEVICE WHICH IS ALSO SOMETIMES USED TO GREAT EFFECT IN VISUAL ARTS- IN WHICH PARTICULAR FEATURES OF A SUBJECT ARE GROSSLY EXAGGERATED

CARICATURE

1200

THIS AVIATRIX DISAPPEARED AFTER AN ATTEMPT TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD IN THE YEAR 1937

AMELIA EARHART

1200

THE CHARACTER ZHU BAIJE, ALSO KNOWN AS PIG DEMON, WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS CHARACTER IN AKIRA TORIYAMA'S ORIGINAL MANGA, DRAGON BALL

OOLONG

1200

THIS TYPE OF VARIABLE INCOME TAX INCREASES AS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AVALIABLE TO BE TAXED INCREASES

PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAX

1200

A HOARSE, RAUCOUS SOUND PRODUCED BY CROWS AND RAVENS IN THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

CAWING

1600

LATIN FOR "AGAINST THE MAN" THIS DEVICE IS OFTEN CITED IN DEBATES AS A TACTIC USED TO UNDERMINE AN OPPONENT'S CREDIBILITY BY ATTACKING THEIR CHARACTER

AD HOMINEM

1600

THE 1979 INVASION BY THE SOVIET UNION OF THIS NATION CAUSED INTERNATIONAL UPROAR

AFGHANISTAN

1600

WHEN A BUDDHIST MONK ACHIEVES ENLIGHTENMENT, THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY FREED FROM THIS KARMIC CYCLE, ALSO KNOWN AS MOKSHA

REINCARNATION

1600

THIS KIND OF BOND IN REFERENCE TO DEBT SECURITIES ISSUED BY THE STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

MUNICIPAL BOND

1600

ONE WHOS EARNINGS ARE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME FOR DEPENDENTS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MAIN PROVIDER

BREADWINNER

2000

THIS LATIN PHRASE DENOTES A STORY WHICH TAKES PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SERIES OF EVENTS, PRESUMING THE AUDIENCE IS AWARE OF THE PAST

IN MEDIA RES

2000

WITH A MILLION BUCKS YOU COULD HAVE SEEN 20 MILLION MOVIES AT ONE OF THESE EARLY 1900s THEATERS, AS THE NAME SUGGESTS

A NICKELODEON

2000

IN ANCIENT CHINA THE LAND OF INDIA WAS REFERRED TO BY THIS NAME, MEANING FIVE KINGDOMS

TIANZHU OR WUTIANZHU

2000

THIS NAME OF THIS RATIO- CURRENT COST PER SHARE DIVIDED BY PROFITS PER SHARE OVER A ONE YEAR PERIOD

THE P/E RATIO

2000

SOMETIMES REFERRING TO THE FLESH OF A GROUP OF SEA SNAILS, ALSO A PALE, PURPLISH BLUE

PERIWINKLE