Words 41-50

Question 1

Adage

Answer 1

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.

“Slow and steady wins the race.”

Question 2

Pedantic

Answer 2

The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon Cooper
I don’t give big parties. I suppose you’ve got to make your house into a pigsty in order to have any friends – in the modern world.

Question 3

Flippant

Answer 3

sarcastic comment in response to a serious question

Question 4

Evocative

Answer 4

The rain is ‘pinging’, ‘spattering’, ‘thumping’, ‘erupting’.

Question 5

Syntactical Inversion

Answer 5

“the form devine” “came the dawn”

Question 6

Apposition

Answer 6

The puppy, a golden retriever, is my newest pet. “a golden retriever” is an appositive to “The puppy.”

Question 7

Didactic

Answer 7

boring writing

Question 8

Conceit

Answer 8

“A broken heart is like a damaged clock.”
“Roses danced in the apples of her cheeks”
“Her eyes shined brighter than the moon.”

Question 9

Periodic sentence

Answer 9

In spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued.

Question 10

Paradox

Answer 10

“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than other”