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Provide the correct definition of the term anaphora

An anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a line, sentence, phrase, or clause. 

100

What poetic term describes the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive lines, sentences, phrases, or clauses?  

Epistrophe

100

When Martin Luther King Jr, said. "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!” What is the repetition of "I have a dream" a representation of? 

Anaphora

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Provide an example of the term alliteration 

Sally sells seashells by the seashore

200

Provide the correct definition of the word oxymoron:

The combination of two contradictory terms that, together, have a new meaning. 

200

Which terms describes the use of similar grammatical structures to express related ideas. 

Parallelism 

200

Which sonnet is the following an example of?

Sonnets from the Portuguese 43: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.


Petrarchan sonnet

200

Provide an example of epistrophe.

When Lincoln says, in the Gettysburg Address, a "government, of the people, by the people, and for the people," he is using epistrophe. 

300

Provide the correct definition of a Shakespearean sonnet. 

A poem composed of 14 lines, with the first stanza's rhyme scheme being ABAB; the second stanza's is CDCD; the third stanza's is EFEF, and then the rhyming couplet at the end is GG. Generally, the themes and topics are more lighthearted and uplifting in tone.

300

This type of sonnet consists of 14 lines with a rhyme scheme that is ABBA ABBA CDECDE OR CDCDCD and is more melancholic (sad) in theme and tone. 

Petrarchan (or Italian) sonnet 

300

When St. Paul writes: "Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?" what term is being used? 

Apostrophe

300

Provide an example of the term oxymoron

jumbo shrimp, bittersweet, living dead

400
Provide the correct definition of alliteration 

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of most words in a line or sentence. 

400

Which term is when two vastly different things are compared with each other, creating a surprising and thought-provoking connection that develops throughout the duration of a piece of literature? 

Conceit

400

"We came, we saw, we conquered" is one example of this term that seems like it should be in math, not in English. 

Parallelism 

400

What is one conceit that we discussed when reading Fahrenheit 451? 

Bradbury's constant comparison of books to living objects, most specifically, birds, would be an example of conceit from Fahrenheit 451.

500

Provide the correct definition of apostrophe (not the punctuation, but the literary term) 

An apostrophe is when someone is addressing a person, spirit, or idea directly that is not tangibly in front of them. 

500

Which terms is the mistaken use of a word, in place of a similar-sounding one, often with comedic effect. 

Malapropism

500

Which sonnet is the following an example of?

Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date;
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:
   So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
   So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.


Shakespearean or English

500

Provide an example of malapropism. 

fire distinguisher; took for granite;