unit 1
what is the repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words. "Gnus never know pneumonia" is an example
what is an alliteration?
what word means teach a lesson, moral?
what is didactic?
what word means inspiring awe, admiration?
what is sublime?
what word means to get, to acquire?
what is procure?
what is a use of words whose sound suggests their meaning. "buzz," "hiss," or "honk."
what is an onomatopoeia?
what word means facial expression?
what is countenance?
what word means seemingly good, actually bad?
what is specious?
what word means hateful?
what is odious?
what is a combination of opposites; the union of contradictory terms. Romeo's line "feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health" has four examples of the device.
what is an oxymoron?
what word means expressing deep thought?
what is pensively?
what word means to set free?
what is unfetter?
what word means to lessen?
what is allay?
what words means an element that serves as a theme, which is often a recurring symbol.
what is a motif?
what word means more than one way to be interpreted?
what is equivocal?
what word means fantastic or dreamlike?
what is phantasmagoric?
what word means roughly, stormy?
what is tumultuously?
_____ verse is unrhymed poetry with no set pattern or meter but _______ verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter.
what is free and blank?
what words means burden?
what is onus?
what word means simple, strict, without excess?
what is austere?
what word means to sharpen, increase?
what is hone?