Week 19

Question 1

Rhetorical understatement

Answer 1

Meosis

Question 2

the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry.

Answer 2

Prosody

Question 3

sleepy; drowsy

Answer 3

Somnolent

Question 4

lukewarm showing little enthusiasm

Answer 4

Tepid

Question 5

abundant in supply or quantity.

Answer 5

Copious

Question 6

a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service.

Answer 6

Benediction

Question 7

absurd or nonsensical talk or idea

Answer 7

Claptrap

Question 8

a sculpture or model of a person.

Answer 8

Effigy

Question 9

a sculpture or model of a person.

Answer 9

Surreal

Question 10

eager or quick to argue or fight;

Answer 10

Truculent

Question 11

Wildly unreasonable

Answer 11

Absurd

Question 12

The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding though action or experience

Answer 12

Cognition

Question 13

An account or theory of the origin of the universe

Answer 13

Cosmology

Question 14

Of or relating to existence

Answer 14

Existential

Question 15

An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way

Answer 15

An propensity

Question 16

jeweled crown or headband worn as a symbol of sovereignty

Answer 16

Diadem

Question 17

scholarly or rarefied in

Answer 17

Highbrow

Question 18

understood or implied without being stated.

Answer 18

Tacit

Question 19

the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, usually something commonly associated with the noun for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing.

Answer 19

Metonymy

Question 20

The anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech. 2.)the representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered.

Answer 20

Prolepsis