World War 1
The assassination of this Archduke in Sarajevo in 1914 is widely considered the immediate trigger for World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This word class describes nouns, such as hot, good, or considerate.
What are adjectives?
This English article is used when talking about something specific or already known.
What is the?
A group of lines in a poem is called this.
What is a stanza?
This sound device repeats the same initial consonant sound in nearby words, such as “Peter Piper picked.”
What is alliteration?
This alliance, also called the Triple Entente, originally included France, Russia, and this island nation.
What is Britain / the United Kingdom?
These pronouns show possession and are placed directly in front of a noun, as in my phone or their house.
What are possessive pronouns (short form)?
This pronoun type is used to point to things that are close or far away, such as this and those.
What are demonstrative pronouns?
A poem consisting of fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter is known as this poetic form.
What is a sonnet?
A poem consisting of fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter is known as this poetic form.
What is a simile?
Introduced during World War I, this chemical weapon caused severe respiratory damage and horrifying injuries.
What is mustard gas / chemical gas?
This type of verb expresses ability, permission, or necessity and includes verbs like can, must, and should
What are modal verbs?
Most English nouns form the plural by adding this letter.
What is -s?
This term describes lines in a poem where the sentence continues beyond the line break without punctuation.
What is enjambment?
A five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme that is often humorous or nonsensical is called this.
What is a limerick?
Signed in 1919, this treaty officially ended World War I and placed heavy reparations on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This English tense is used to describe an action happening right now, often with the verb “to be” + -ing form
What is present continuous / udvidet tid?
Some nouns ending in -f or -fe change to -ves in the plural. Give one example.
What is wives?
This type of poem expresses sorrow for the dead and traditionally includes lament, praise, and consolation.
What is an elegy?
This poetic meter counts both syllables and stresses, as seen in the line “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
What is accentual-syllabic metre?
This type of armored vehicle was first used by the British in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme to break through trench lines.
What is the tank?
This tense uses have/has and a past verb to talk about something that happened before now.
What is present perfect / førnutid?
This tense is used to describe an action that will happen in the future
What is future / futurum?
This term refers to the “turn” in a sonnet where there is a shift in thought, emotion, or argument, often occurring at line 9 or before the final couplet.
What is a volta?
This rhetorical device is an extended metaphor that governs an entire poem, such as comparing two lovers to a compass.
What is a conceit?