Sound Devices
Figurative Language
Themes and Motifs
Vocab
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100
"Little Miss Muffet sat on a Tuffet/ Eating her curds and whey" contains an example of this.
Internal rhyme
100
"His Herculean strength was admirable" contains an example of this.
What is an allusion.
100
When Holden Caulfield told his sister about wanting to be the Catcher in the Rye, saving children from falling off a cliff, it was representative of this theme.
What is preservation of innocence.
100
In the sentence "Macbeth was ultimately punished for his duplicity," a synonym for duplicity would be this.
What is double dealing.
100
Someone who is described as homely might also be called this.
What is not cute (among others)
200
"Double, double toil and trouble" is written in this meter.
Trochaic tatrameter
200
"Love is like a red, red rose" is an example of this
What is a simile
200
The conch in LotF is symbolic of this motif.
What is civilization (among others)
200
Holden Caulfield's outlook on life and the people in it would characterize him as this vocab word.
What is misanthrope
200
Reciprocal is this part of speech.
What is an adjective
300
When Ms. Babin flaps like a pterodactyl, she is demonstrating this type of foot, which has an emphasis on the first syllable.
What is Dactylic
300
"Love ate my brother" is an example of this.
What is personification
300
The theatrical device used at the end of Medea, which is exemplified by an overly-convenient solution coming at the very last moment, is called this.
What is deus ex machina
300
Another word for brilliance, splendor, and brightness that starts with "e" is this.
What is effulgence
300
The difference between evocative and provocative is this.
What is I'll know it when I hear it.
400
"I sat in the dark/ nursing my broke heart" demonstrates this type of rhyme.
What is slant or imperfect rhyme
400
"Love is not having to say you're sorry" is an example of this.
What is metaphor
400
Lord of the Flies was an allegory for what?
What is Communism/WWII/the Holocaust
400
What does voluble mean?
What is talkative
400
If someone has sharpness or clearness of thought, great vision for the future, and extreme present-mindedness, they would possess great this.
What is acuity.
500
"stuttering rattle of guns in battle" is an example of this.
What is consonance.
500
"He will steal her heart" is an example of
What is metonymy
500
Medea chose to kill her children for these reasons.
What is to protect them from others who would wish them harm after she killed her husband and his new wife.
500
The thing that Medea's children gave to their stepmother, which ultimately killed her, was this.
What is a diadem.
500
I hope you enjoy your summer this from school.
What is hiatus.