List 4 & 16-20 terms

Question 1

bestowed

Answer 1

1. ADJ

2. applied; used

Question 2

predominate

Answer 2

1. V

2. to have a controlling power or influence

Question 3

nonconformist

Answer 3

1. N

2. one who does not follow generally accepted beliefs, customs, or practices

Question 4

absolve

Answer 4

1. V

2. to clear of guilt or blame

Question 5

aversion

Answer 5

1. N

2. a strong dislike

Question 6

Bathos

Answer 6

a figure of speech that involves a sudden drop from the most important to the trivial. Unintended transition from the exalted to the common place making a ludicrous effect.
ex: I will love you forever, our hearts will beat as one, and yes, I will take out the garbage.

Question 7

Blank verse

Answer 7

unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter. It mimcs the way we talk.
ex:The (dreams) are (clues) that (tell) us (take) chan(ces.)

Question 8

Caesura

Answer 8

a pause or break in the middle of the line in poetry indicated with //.
ex: Boll weevil’s coming// and the winter’s cold

Question 9

cause & effect

Answer 9

two events that are related when one event brings about the other.
ex: i forgot to turn on my alarm is the cause and the effect i was late to school.

Question 10

character

Answer 10

a person, animal, or imiginary creature that takes part in the action of a literary work
ex: Oedipus is the main character of Oedipus Rex