Vocabulary

Question 1

Having become functionless through the course of evolution

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Vestigial

Question 2

An observation that contains a general truth (e.g.: “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”)

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Aphorism

Question 3

Concise and forcefully expressive

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Pithy

Question 4

To remove material that is considered improper or offensive from a text, especially with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective

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Bowdlerize

Question 5

A verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs

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Auxiliary Verb

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The subject of a sentence or clause (e.g.: “he”)

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Nominative Case

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The object of a verb or preposition (e.g.: “him”)

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Objective Case

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Shows ownership between a noun and other words in the sentence (e.g.: “his”)

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Possessive Case

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Roundabout speech or writing when fewer words would be sufficient. Can be a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive

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Circumlocution

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A sentence with 2 independent clauses and 1 dependent clause

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Compound - Complex Sentence

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A pair of lines of verse that rhyme

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Couplet

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The outcome of a plot

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Denouement

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The cast of characters

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Dramatis Personae

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For example (e.g.)

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Exempli Gratia

Question 15

What is the difference between an Epigram, Epigraph, and Epitaph?

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Epigram is a brief, clever, and memorable statement that’s often witty or satirical. Epigraph is an inscription on a building, statue, coin. Epitaph are words written in memory of a person who has died (can be on a tombstone)

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What is the Nazi’s “The Final Solution” an example of?

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Euphemism

Question 17

Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from a text

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Expurgate

Question 18

What is another name for a homophone?

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Homonyms

Question 19

“That is” in Latin. An explanation or paraphrase

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Id Est

Question 20

Horace wrote in this style often, jumping right “in the middle of things”

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In Medias Res

Question 21

A brief exclamation (DAMN!)

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Interjection

Question 22

A verb that doesn’t need a direct object (“He jumped”)

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Intransitive Verb

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A humorous five line verse (AABBA rhyming) popularized by Edward Lear

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Limerick

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A confusion of words that sound familiar

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Malapropism

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Note well, a notation giving emphasis (N.B.)

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Nota Bene

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A thought that does not logically follow what is being discussed, off topic

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Non-sequitur

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The part of a sentence or clause that says something about the subject (the main verb and all modifiers)

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Predicate

Question 28

Writing full of ornate language

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Purple Prose

Question 29

A novel that disguises actual people and places as fictional characters

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Roman a Clef

Question 30

A lyric poem of 14 lines

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Sonnet

Question 31

"To quickly go home" is an example of what type of verb?

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Split Infinitive

Question 32

Shoulda, coulda, woulda verbs

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Subjunctive

Question 33

An adjective of the highest degree (best, most, etc)

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Superlative

Question 34

A musical piece intended to be sung

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Cantata

Question 35

A musical piece intended to be played by one or a few instruments

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Sonata

Question 36

A slow, stately ballroom dance in triple time

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Minuet

Question 37

A slow, danceable love song

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Bolero