Vocab

Question 1

anaphora

Answer 1

repetion of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases
we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate we cannot hallow
It emphasises what you are saying

Question 2

enjambment

Answer 2

a poetic term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next. An enjambed line typically lacks punctuation at its line break, so the reader is carried smoothly and swiftly—without interruption—to the next line of the poem.

Question 3

bourgeoisie

Answer 3

the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

Question 4

irony

Answer 4

the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Question 5

dramatic irony

Answer 5

a form of irony that is expressed through a work’s structure: an audience’s awareness of the situation in which a work’s characters exist differs substantially from that of the characters

Question 6

hamartia

Answer 6

a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.

Question 7

assonance

Answer 7

repetition of the vowel sound across words
kind knight
grate shake
hop scotch

Question 8

In media res

Answer 8

the practice of beginning an epic or other narrative by plunging into a crucial situation that is part of a related chain of events;