Stuff

Question 1

Who

Answer 1

Subject, complement (he)

Question 2

Whom

Answer 2

Objects (him)

Question 3

Which

Answer 3

Nonessential info

Question 4

That

Answer 4

Essential info

Question 5

3 noun phrases

Answer 5

Gerund infinitive appositive

Question 6

Punctuation of noun phrases

Answer 6

Gerund/infinitive punctuated as part of speech
Regular Appositive comma
Emphatic dash/colon

Question 7

Alliteration

Answer 7

Repetition of first consonant sound

Question 8

Allusion

Answer 8

Reference to other works

Question 9

Assonance

Answer 9

Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 10

Consonance

Answer 10

Repetition of consonant sounds anywhere

Question 11

Diction

Answer 11

Word choice (contributes to tone)

Question 12

Imagery

Answer 12

Words that use the five senses

Question 13

Neologism

Answer 13

New word (autobiography)

Question 14

Parallelism types

Answer 14

Antithesis
Chiasmus
Zuegma

Question 15

Antithesis

Answer 15

Parallel opposite ideas

Question 16

Chiasmus

Answer 16

Antithesis that inverts word order

Question 17

Zeugma

Answer 17

Use word to modify two or more words to change meaning

Question 18

Tone

Answer 18

Authors attitude

Question 19

Achilles heel

Answer 19

From story of Achilles… Duh

Question 20

Pound of flesh

Answer 20

Shakespeare’s merchant of Venice.

Someone’s insistence on being repaid even if the repayment will destroy/harm the debtor

Question 21

Sacred cow.

Answer 21

Hinduism

Something that cannot be harmed or interfered with

Question 22

Crossing the rubicon

Answer 22

Julius Caesar

Take an irreversible step often involving danger

Question 23

Pearls before swine

Answer 23

Sermon on the mount

Offer something precious to those who cannot appreciate its value

Question 24

Once in a blue moon

Answer 24

2nd full moon of the month

Something that occurs very rarely

Question 25

Mrs Grundy

Answer 25

Thomas Morton's play, speed the plough | Grundyism and Mrs Grundy refer to narrow minded prudishness

Question 26

Crocodile tears

Answer 26

Small ducts at corner of eye when open jaw wide | Show false sympathy

Question 27

Sirens

Answer 27

Greek mythology | Anything that tempts a person away from safety

Question 28

Read the riot act

Answer 28

English common law | Issue a stern warning if behavior doesn't stop, severe consequences

Question 29

Thirty pieces of silver/betrayed with kiss

Answer 29

Judas iscariot Thirty- payment for act of treachery Betrayed- supposed friends treachery

Question 30

Gordon knot

Answer 30

Gordius was Greek king who tied knot. Oracle. Alexander the Great Knot- complex problem Cutting Gordion knot- solving such a problem quickly and decisively

Question 31

Ivory tower

Answer 31

Alfred diVigny shut himself in ivory tower to write. Mentioned in fairytales Beautiful unreachable place/ person isolated or out of touch with reality NEG connotation

Question 32

All that glitters is not gold

Answer 32

Aristotle | Appearances can be deceptive, something that appears valuable but may not be

Question 33

Sound and fury

Answer 33

McBeth | Lot of fuss about nothing

Question 34

Review literature

Answer 34

Franklin Irving Wheatley

Question 35

Review presentations

Answer 35

On myths | Not our own ones

Question 36

Review articles

Answer 36

Imagined communities | How myths are made

Question 37

Irony

Answer 37

Often humorous incongruity