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Question 1

lampoon

Answer 1

A sharp, often humorous satire that ridicules an individual or institution.

Example: Saturday Night Live’s political sketches.

Question 2

legend

Answer 2

A traditional story often regarded as historical but unauthenticated.

Example: The legend of King Arthur.

Question 3

limerick

Answer 3

A humorous five-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme (AABBA) and meter.
Example:

Example:
There once was a man from Peru,
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe…

Question 4

line break

Answer 4

The point at which a line of poetry ends and a new line begins.

Example:
“I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills…” – Wordsworth

Question 5

litotes

Answer 5

A figure of speech that uses understatement by negating the opposite.

Example: “Not bad” to mean “very good.”

Question 6

logos

Answer 6

A rhetorical appeal to logic and reason.

often uses statistics

Example: “Data shows that our method increases efficiency by 40%.”

Question 7

lyric

Answer 7

A short poem expressing personal emotions or thoughts, often in the first person.

Example: “I felt a Funeral in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson.

Question 8

lyric poem

Answer 8

A type of poem that expresses the personal feelings of a speaker, often musical in tone.

Example: “Ode to a Nightingale” by John Keats.