List 17 & 81-85

Question 1

gaunt

Answer 1

ADJ

thin and bony

Question 2

list

Answer 2

V

to tilt to one side

Question 3

composed

Answer 3

ADJ

cool and collected

Question 4

morose

Answer 4

ADJ

gloomy and ill-tempered

Question 5

rue

Answer 5

V

to regret

Question 6

Oxymoron

Answer 6

a fos wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.
EX: act naturally

Question 7

Parable

Answer 7

a brief story that is meant to teach or illustrate a moral truth.
EX: Good Samaritan from the Bible- when travelers see a beaten person and the Samaritan helped that person-meaning to help everybody in need.

Question 8

Paradox

Answer 8

a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but contains some degree of truth.
EX: This statement is a lie.
the statement is technically true that it is a lie but its contradicting by saying that the statement is a lie which is true.

Question 9

Parallelism

Answer 9

refers to the grammatical or rhetorical structure of words, phrases, sentence, or paragraph to give structural similarity.
EX: That’s one (noun) step (action) for man (prep phrase using man), one (noun) giant leap (action) for mankind (prep phrase using man).

Question 10

Parody

Answer 10

a word that closely imitates the style of the content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.
EX: The Comedy Movie Series Scary Movie is a parody of modern scary movies such as Paranormal Activity.