Vocabulary
Unable to fail or be wrong. Starts with an I and ends with an E.
What is Infallible?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
What is satire?
"A powerful monster, living down in the darkness, growled in pain, impatient."
What is "Beowulf" by Burton Raffel?
The poem begins with a guy, who with his “glittering eye,” stops a Wedding Guest from attending a nearby wedding celebration. The Mariner stops the young man to tell him the story of a ship, providing no introduction but simply beginning his tale.
What is "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
Kind; gracious. Starts with a B.
What is Benign?
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is allusion?
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
What is simile?
"He had his son with him, a fine young Squire, A lover and cadet... He was some twenty years of age, I guessed."
What is "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer?
The speaker realizes for the first time how much his lover loves him. So, he strangles her with her hair. Then he opens her eyes, unwraps the hair from her neck, and spends the rest of the night cuddling with her corpse.
What is "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning?
Unreasonably stubborn. Starts with an O and ends with an E.
What is obstinate?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is irony?
"Never shall I forget that night, the first night in the camp... never shall I forget that smoke."
What is "Never Shall I Forget" by Elie Wiesel?
Not talkative. Starts with a T and ends with a N.
What is taciturn?
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but may in reality express a truth or tension.
What is a paradox?
Visually descriptive.
What is imagery?
"But let me briefly make my purpose plain; I preach nothing but for greed of grain and use the same old text, a bold as brass."
What is "The Pardoner's Tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer?
Dark bluish gray in color. Starts with a L.
What is livid?
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
What is oxymoron?
Is a story in which the characters or developments symbolize real people or events.
What is allegory?
"We will be given shoes and clothes-no, not our own-other shoes, other clothes, like his."
What is "On the Bottom from Survival in Auschwitz" by Primo Levi?