"Get your ducks in a row."
Invective/Hubris/Jargon
What is Jargon?
100
The Star Wars series
F _ _ _ _ _ Y
What is Fantasy?
100
Language employing one or more figures of speech.
F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E L _ _ _ _ _ _ E
What is Figurative Language?
100
You are a psychiatrist and your patient has just confided to you that he intends to kill a woman. You're inclined to dismiss the threat as idle, but you aren't sure. Should you report the threat to the police and the woman or should you remain silent as the principle of confidentiality between psychiatrist and patient demands? Should there be a law that compels you to report such threats?
D _ _ _ _ _ A
What is Dilemma?
100
The Tortoise and the Hare
Frame Device/Fable/Homily
What is Fable?
200
"In God We Trust" on the face of money
Epigraph/Epithet/Frame Device
What is Epigraph?
200
Because I liked 21 Jump Street, I will definitely like 22 Jump Street.
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E
What is Inference?
200
Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy.
H _ _ _ _ S
What is Hubris?
200
What if everyone on Earth jumped at once?
H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L Q _ _ _ _ _ _ N
What is Hypothetical Question?
200
The Iliad and the Odyssey
Fable/Epigraph/Epic
What is Epic?
300
"Due to budget cuts, we are going to have to let you go."
Ellipsis/Euphemism/Homily
What is Euphemism?
300
Breaking Bad is a thrilling TV show.
Breaking Bad is on AMC.
All shows on AMC are thrilling.
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ G
What is Inductive Reasoning?
300
A suggestion an author or speaker makes without stating it directly.
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N
What is Implication?
300
The Great Bambino
E _ _ _ _ _ T
What is Epithet?
300
Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore'
Epitaph/Epigram/Hubris
What is Epitaph?
400
"Prosperity is a great teacher, adversity a greater"
Homily/Figurative Language/Ellipsis
What is Ellipsis?
400
The plotline of Inception
F _ _ _ E D _ _ _ _ E
What is Frame Device?
400
An interjection to lend emphasis; sometimes, a profanity.
E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E
What is Expletive?
400
George W. Bush's speech at Ronald Reagan's funeral in 2004.
E _ _ _ _ Y
What is Eulogy?
400
"Curse the blasted, jelly-boned swines, the slimy, the belly-wriggling invertebrates, the miserable sodding rotters." - D.H. Lawrence
Invective/Homily/Jargon
What is Invective?
500
"Break a leg!"
Implication/Idiom/Frame Device
What is Idiom?
500
Sherlock Holmes
F _ _ T C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R
What is Flat Character?
500
A formal poem presenting a meditation on death or another solemn theme.
E _ _ _ Y
What is Elegy?
500
Sixth Sunday of Easter, "God Protects from Evil", by Deacon Frank Gallinaro
H _ _ _ _ Y
What is Homily?
500
"You will soon be asked to do great violence in the cause of good." - The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
Hubris/Juxtaposition/Invective