Vocabulary
The state of being uncertain or stuck between two or more options.
What is ambivalence?
A form of punctuation used to separate a preceding independant clause followed by an expansion or explanation.
What is a colon?
A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
What is exposition?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
This novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Containing a number of religious and historic allusions, the book explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.
What is The Scarlet Letter?
A statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless or logically unacceptable.
What is a paradox?
A word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence.
What is a dangling modifier?
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is an allusion?
Figurative language that contains two seemingly contradictory elements.
What is an oxymoron?
A cautionary tale about genetic engineering, it presents the collapse of a remote island park showcasing genetically re-created reptiles to illustrate the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its real-world implications.
What is Jurassic Park?
Present, appearing, or found everywhere.
What is ubiquity/ubiquitous?
Phrases that don't conform to specific rules.
What are idiomatic expressions?
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
What is syntax?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
A novel that centers on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and sets about exacting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment.
What is The Count of Monte Cristo?
A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
What is an enigma?
A descriptive phrase that does not include a verb.
What is an appositive?
Words representing position or rank in a sequential order; the order may be of size, importance, chronology, etc.
What are ordinal numbers?
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
What is synecdoche?
Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with a mysterious millionaire and his obsession to reunite with his former lover.
What is The Great Gatsby?
The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.
What is zeitgeist?
A word that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it occurs, so as to express tense, aspect, modality, voice, and/or emphasis.
What is an auxiliary verb?
The use of fallacious arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving.
What is sophistry?
Using a physical object to indicate a larger idea.
What is metonymy?
A satirical allegorical novella, the story of a group of fauna who rebel against their human owner, hoping to create a society where they can be equal, free, and happy.
What is Animal Farm?