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Conflict
poetry potporri
100
adj: capable of being touched or felt
What is Tangible
100
adj. amusingly odd or comical
What is droll
100
v. to escape, especially by means of daring, cleverness, or skill
What is elude
100
two boxers fighting in a ring
What is Man vs. man
100
comparing two unlike objects using 'like' or 'as'
What is simile
200
to overlook, forgive or disregard
What is condone
200
n. an uneasy feeling arising from one's conscience or principles
What is scruple
200
adv. with an expression of care or concern
What is solicitously
200
The general category under which one could find, man vs. man, man vs. object, and man vs. nature
What is external conflict
200
giving non-human things humanlike qualities. Such as: The sea licked its angry lips
What is personification
300
n. something that adds to one's comfort or convenience
What is amenity
300
adj. removing or overcoming suspicion, inspring confidence
What is disarming
300
n. physical or moral strength, endurance
What is stamina
300
Rainsford has to fight his way through the jungle
What is Man vs. nature
300
a direct comparison. example: He was a mountain of a man
What is Metaphor
400
deeply regrettable; unfortunate
What is deplorable
400
adj. absolutely necessary
What is imperative
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n. the object of a hunt; prey
What is quarry
400
Rainsford has trouble breaking through a door
What is man vs. object
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poetic device that spells out a sound. Vrooom!
What is onomatopoeia
500
zealous
What is intensely devoted and enthusiastic
500
droll
What is adj amusingly odd or comical
500
elude
What is to escape, especially by means of daring, cleverness, or skill
500
The general struggles within himself that hunting had become droll
What is man vs. self AND/OR internal conflict
500
an extreme exaggeration used for effect. example: he was fifty feet tall and twice as wide.
What is hyperbole