Des Cartes Vocabulary

Question 1

a line 10 syllables long and accented on second beat

Accepted Answer

iambic pentameter

Question 2

describing animals and inanimate objects as having feelings

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pathetic fallacy

Question 3

contradictory words

Accepted Answer

oxymoron

Question 4

quick statement or opinion that people remember

Accepted Answer

aphorism

Question 5

When 2 similar phrases are brought together to create one sentence

Accepted Answer

parallelism

Question 6

closely related word switched with another

Accepted Answer

metonymy

Question 7

an opinion or thought that goes against what most people believe

Accepted Answer

paradox

Question 8

overused statement

Accepted Answer

cliche

Question 9

opposite or in contrast to (Dumbledore and Voldemort)

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antithesis, anticlimactic, protagonist, provision

Question 10

the metric analysis of verse, dividing rhythms of poetry.

Accepted Answer

scantron

Question 11

a model or first form, first example, others made after or want to be like it.

Accepted Answer

archetype

Question 12

a part stands for a whole (wheels--car)

Accepted Answer

synechdoche

Questions 12