| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Pun | A Play on Words |
| Allusion | Mentioning something on purpose |
| Personification | Giving an ordinary object human-like characteristics |
| Situational | Irony: The contrast between what happens and what was expected |
| Verbal | Irony: The contrast between what is said and what is met |
| Dramatic | Irony: The contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what the reader knows |
| Alliteration | Two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (A Tongue Twister) |
| Oxymoron | When you combine 2 terms that contradict each other |
| The Sniper | In the Sniper, who was the main character? |
| Tokchae | In Cranes, This man was the guy the Police found |
| Songsam | In Cranes, This man was one of the Peace Police |
| Fortunado | In A Cask of Amontilladeo, This man who insulted Montresor |
| Montresor | In A Cask of Amontillado, This was the messed up man who wanted revenge on Fortunado |
| Impose | Take advantage of |
| Obstruction | Obstacle or Barrier |
| Constitutes | Makes up; Forms |
| Endeavored | Tried |
| Refuge | Shelter; Protection from Danger |
| Succession | Series |
| Ruse | Trick |
| Connoisseurship | Expert Knowledge |
| Retribution | Compensation or Repayment |
| Remorse | Deep Guilt |
| Ulrich | The rightful owner of the forest in The Interlopers |
| Georg | The inheriter of the forest in The Interlopers |
| Loisel | The spoiled wife in The Necklace |
| Exorbitant | Elaborate |
| Exasperation | Great Annoyance |
| Pauper | Very Poor Person |
| Retorted | Replied Sharply |
| Incessantly | Constantly or continually |
| Pious | Showing Religious Devotion |
| Disconsolate | Causing Sadness or Depression |
| Aghast | Terrified; Horrified |
| Reconciliation | Friendly end to a quarrel |
| Condolences | Expressions of sympathy |
| Divergent | Separate; Going in Different Directions |
| Coerced | Forced |
| Condone | Overlook or Excuse an Offense |
| Inconsolable | Unable to be comforted |
| Putrid | Offensive to the Senses, Disgusting |
| Belying | Contradicting |
| Fitful | Recurring Irregularly |
| Frantically | Uncontrollably |
| Beguile | To mislead or Delude |
| Dote | To express excessive love |
| Extenuate | To represent as less serious |
| Feign | To put on an appearance of |
| Reveling | Boisterous merrymaking or festivity |
| Dissemble | To give a misleading appearance to |
| Wanton | Done, shown, used, etc. Maliciously |
| Linger | To stay somewhere longer than expected |
| Adamant | An unyieldingly hard substance |
| Impeach | To accuse a public official |
| Bequeath | Pass on like in a will |
| Chide | Scold |
| Extort | Bring Forth |
| Entreat | To beg |
| Recompense | Payment |
| Sojourn | Stay somewhere for a while |
| Discourse | Conversation |
| Paragon | Model of Perfection |
| Amends | Something done to make up for a mistake |
| Audacious | Bold |
| Gait | Manner of Walking |
| Premeditated | Planned |
| Spurn | Reject |
| Enmity | Hostility |
| Reprehend | Find Fault With |
| Satire | Literary work expressing human shortcomings and scorn |
| Transfigure | Change |
| Hyperbole | A Deliberate Exaggeration |
| Attack the Prompt | ABCD On-Demand Writing: A |
| Brainstorm | ABCD On-Demand Writing: B |
| Choose the Order | ABCD On-Demand Writing: C |
| Detect Errors | ABCD On-Demand Writing: D |
| Hermia | This girl marries Lysander in the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Helena | This girl marries Demetrius in the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Demetrius | This man marries Helena in the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Lysander | This man marries Hermia in the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Puck | The lead of Oberon's fairy band in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Theseus | The Duke of Athens in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Hippolyta | Queen of the Amazon in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Pyramus | Bottom's Character in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Thisbe | Flute's Character in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Egeus | Hermia's Father |
| Quince | The leader of the actors in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Bottom | Pyramus in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Oberon | King of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Titania | Queen of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Lysander | Who said "The course of true love never did run smooth"? |
| Helena | Who said "Call me fair? That fair again unsay. Demetrius loves your fair: O Happy Fair!"? |
| Helena | Who said "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."? |
| Snug | Who said "Pray you, if it be, I am slow of study"? |
| Puck | Who said "I'll put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes"? |
| Helena | Who said "My heart is true as steel"? |
| Oberon | Who said "I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, with sweet musk-roses and with eglantine"? |
| Puck | Who said "Captain of our fairy band, Helena is here at hand; and the youth, mistook by me, Pleading for a lover's fee. Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord what fools these mortals be!"? |
| Theseus | Who said "For never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it"? |
| Quince | Who said "If we offend, it is with our good will. That you should think, we come not to offend, But with good will. To show our simple skill, That is the true beginning of our end"? |
| Puck | Who said "If we shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended"? |
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