Act 4

Question 1

Dirge

Answer 1

A song or poem usually for a funeral or death, shows grief for the dead

Question 2

Inundation

Answer 2

To flood, overflow, over abundance, overwhelm

Question 3

Lamentable

Answer 3

That is to be regrettable, unfortunate

Question 4

Pensive

Answer 4

Thinking deeply in a serious or sad way, thoughtful, reflective

Question 5

Wayward

Answer 5

Turned or turning away from what is right or proper, disobedient

Question 6

Oxymoron

Answer 6

Two things that are not usually put together but are in order to form a comparison

Ex) jumbo shrimp

Question 7

Paradox

Answer 7

A statement that seems contradictory or absurd, but is telling the truth

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Giving a non-human subject human characteristics

Question 9

Pun

Answer 9

Play on words based on similarity of sounds between two words with different meanings

Question 10

Rhyme scheme

Answer 10

A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

Ex) ABABC

Question 11

Rhythm

Answer 11

Pattern on beats or stresses in written or spoken language

Question 12

Arbitrate

Answer 12

To decide or determine