Vocab List 1

Question 0

Iambic pentameter

Answer 0

a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet where each foot consists of an unstressed syllable and a stressed syllable. (Shakespeare)

Question 1

Onomatopoeia

Answer 1

Formation of a word from a sound (pop)

Question 2

Paradox

Answer 2

a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

Question 3

Apostrophe

Answer 3

To address something not physically there (like the moon)

Question 4

Synecdoche

Answer 4

Part represents the whole or whole represents the part