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101 Cards in this Set
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perjure
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willfully tell an untruth when giving evidence to a court
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folly
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foolishness
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disdain
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contempt
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affliction
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something that causes pain or suffering:
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abashed
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cause to feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed
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teemed
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be full of or swarming with
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meted
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dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment:
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poised
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having a composed and self-assured manner.
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amiable
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having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner
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renown
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fame:
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prodigious
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remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree:
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manifest
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clear or obvious
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feigned
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simulated or pretended; insincere
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mired
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a situation or state of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment from which it is hard to extricate oneself:
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quelled
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put an end to
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condoled
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express sympathy for (someone); grieve with:
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exhorted
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strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something:
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beguiled
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charm or enchant
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harried
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harassed:
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glean
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extract
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stinted
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limitation of supply or effort:
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rapacious
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aggressively greedy or grasping:
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torpid
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mentally or physically inactive
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somber
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dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy
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incensed
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enraged
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consecrate
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make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred
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licit
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not forbidden; lawful
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squall
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sudden gust of violent wind
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chastisement
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rebuke
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serried
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standing close together:
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putrid
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decaying
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dulcet
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sweet and soothing
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calamity
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disaster
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livery
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special uniform worn by a servant or official.
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leviathan
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sea monster
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derision
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contemptuous ridicule or mockery:
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progeny
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a descendant
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verdure
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lush green vegetation.
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sojourned
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stay somewhere temporarily
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pensioners
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a person who receives a pension.
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recompense
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compensate
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precepts
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rules
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succor
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assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.
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Immolation
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kill or offer as a sacrifice
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Who is the author of Pilgrims progress
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John Bunyan
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Who wrote the Mahabharata?
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Vyasa
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Who wrote the Analects?
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Confucius
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Who wrote the Tao Te Ching?
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Laozi
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Who wrote the Iliad?
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Homer
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Who wrote the Aeneid?
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Virgil
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Who wrote the Inferno?
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Dante
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Who wrote the allegory of the cave?
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Plato
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Who wrote a mid summer nights dream?
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William Shakespeare
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where was and what was the time period that Pilgrims progress was written in?
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It was written in England in 1628 while there was political and social unrest
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Where was the epic of Gilgamesh taken place?
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Mesopotamia
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Where and when was the book of Ruth taken place?
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Moab
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Where was the rig Veda written?
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India
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Where was the Quran written
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middle east
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Where was that Mahabharata written?
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Asia
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Where were the analects written?
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China
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Where was the Tao Te Ching written?
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China
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Where were the Zen parables written?
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Japan
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Where did tankas or haiku's originate from?
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Japan
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Where was the Iliad written?
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Greece
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Where was the Aeneid written?
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written in Greece about finding Rome
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Where was the Inferno written?
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It took place in hell
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What is a theme?
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The central idea, concerns, or purpose in a literary work
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What is a motif?
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A design or pattern in literature
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What is an archetype?
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Patterns in literature found around the world
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What is an epic?
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A long narrative poem about the adventures of God or a hero
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What is an epic hero?
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A hero with supernatural abilities
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What is a hero's quest?
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A plot in which an extraordinary person goes on a difficult journey or mission
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What is characterization?
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The act of creating or developing a character
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What is parallelism?
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Grammatically similar or identical in sound, structure, or meaning
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What is antithetical parallelism?
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Negating
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What is an synonymous parallelism?
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Repeating parallelism
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What is synthetic parallelism?
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Completing or elaborating parallelism
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What is imagery?
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Descriptive language used in literature to re-create sensory experiences
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What is antithesis?
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Emphasizes contrast in parallel structures in phrases or clauses
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What are proverbs?
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Wise sayings
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What are psalms?
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Songs
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What is personification?
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Figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
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What is a Kigo?
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Seasonal word
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What is a caesura?
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A pause
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what is terza rima?
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Sets of three
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What is a paradox?
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A statement that seems to be contradictory but that actually presents the truth
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What is a aphorism?
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Aphorism is a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner
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What is dramatic irony?
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Contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader audience knows to be true
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What is situational irony?
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Event that occurs that directly contradicts expectations
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What is a simile?
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A figure of speech that compares two apparently dissimilar things using like or as
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What is a metaphor?
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A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else
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What is a national epic?
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Tells a story about the founding or development of the nation or culture
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What is an allegory?
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Literary work with two or more levels of meanings- literal level and one or more symbolic levels
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What does In medias res mean?
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In the middle of a narrative
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What is a comedy?
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A literary work, especially in a play, that has a happy ending.
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What is a canto?
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A way to divide a poem
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What is poetry/verse?
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One of three major types, or genres, of literature, the others being prose and drama.
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What is a blank verse?
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unrhymed poetry usually written in iambic pentameter
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What is iambic pentameter?
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5 foot lines, rhythmic pattern
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what is trochaic verse?
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One stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable
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prose
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Ordinary form of written language and one of three major types of literature
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