Vocabulary
Placid
calm, peaceful
melancholy
a feeling of sadness
Pluto is the Roman God of.....
death
A comparison using like or as
simile
the repetition of the same beginning sound in closely connected words
alliteration
Pallid
pale, typically due to sickness
craven
cowardly
Athena is the goddess of _____________ and _____________
war, wisdom
A comparison that DOES NOT use like or as
metaphor
Words that sound like what they are describing
Onomatopoeia
ominous
giving the idea that something bad is going to happen
countenance
a person's facial expressions or appearance
What is nepenthe?
a medicine for banishing sorrow/grief/pain
giving human characteristics to non-living ideas or objects
personification
A reference to a well known, person, place, or literary work.
allusion
decorum
behavior that is correct, polite, or calm
entreating
begging anxiously
What is special/significant about the Balm in Gilead?
it has healing powers/properties
An extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
A commonly used expression that doesn't make sense when taken literally
idiom
beguiling
charming or enchanting in a deceptive way
surcease
to come to an end, to stop
What are seraphim?
the highest ranked angels
The test was a piece of cake.
This is an example of which kind of figurative language?
idiom
Lightning danced across the sky.
This is an example of which type of figurative langauge?
personification