A bittersweet longing for things people, or situations of the past.
What is Nostalgic?
100
Five sets of stressed syllables followed by unstressed syllables.
What is iambic pentameter?
100
The literal or primary meaning of a word
What is denotation?
100
When this animal opens its jaws wide, its tear ducts release "tears", in literature this is seen as false sympathy.
What is crocodile tears?
100
A metaphor. The use of a part to represent the whole or vice-versa.
What is synecdoche?
200
ex.
Here comes the shadow
Here comes the wind
Here comes my ignorance
What is anaphora?
200
a line composed of four iambs
What is iambic tetrameter?
200
This is an example of?
Fæder ure
ðu ðe eart on heofenum
si ðin nama gehalgod
to-becume ðin rice
geweorþe ðin willa on eorðan swa swa on heofenum.
Urne ge dæghwamlican hlaf syle us to-deag
and forgyf us ure gyltas
swa swa we forgifaþ urum gyltendum
ane ne gelæde ðu us on costnunge
ac alys us of yfle.
What is Old English?
200
Sea creatures that lure men to their deaths by singing. Tempting a person away from safety towards a dangerous path.
What is a siren?
200
Play on words that capitalizes on the similarity of spelling or pronunciation. Usually for comedic effect.
What is a pun?
300
A big metaphor for something else.
Ex. Every man is a sexist
What is allegorical?
300
Presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end of a sentence. Preceded by phrases or clauses that cannot stand alone. Add emphasis and structural variety to build suspense.
What is Periodic sentence?
300
A short or amusing story
What is anecdote?
300
Person who is conceited, self absorbed, or vain.
What is Narcissus?
300
Verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with its parts reversed.
What is Chiasmus?
400
Language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
What is Vernacular?
400
Main idea is in the first part of a sentence, followed by phrases or clauses. If a period were placed at the end of the independent clause, the clause would be a complete sentence. Informal and conversational.
What is Loose sentence?
400
A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief
What is assertion?
400
Has incredible strength, hair is the source of his strength. He is later betrayed by a lover, who cut his hair, making him weak.
What is Samson?
400
Ex. You are not as young as you used to be.
What is litotes?
500
A kind of zuegma, the clauses do not stick to the sentence grammatically and ideologically. Usually for comic or satiric effect.
What is Syllepsis?
500
use of conjunctions to slow the rhythm of reading
What is polysyndeton?
500
The emotional release an audience feels at the end of a tragedy.
What is catharsis?
500
A maiden who underwent many hardships due to Aphrodite's jealousy. Reunited with Cupid and was made immortal by Jupiter; personifies the soul joined to the heart of love.
What is Psyche?
500
It stands there the acme, the climax, the supremest possibility in art or nature, of bewildering, intoxicating, intolerable magnificence. I cannot make the words strong enough.