Lit Crit terms #2

Question 1

Latin for "Where are those who went before us?"

Accepted Answer

ubi sunt

Question 2

Transposition of the natural relations of two elements in a proposition --“Melissa shook her doubtful curls.”

Accepted Answer

hypallage

Question 3

Song of praise or joy

Accepted Answer

paean

Question 4

Repetition of words in reverse grammatical order. (eat to live, not live to eat) In poetry, this is called chiasmus.

Accepted Answer

antimetabole

Question 5

To expurgate a piece of writing by omitting material considered objectionable, offensive, or indecorous

Accepted Answer

Bowdlerize

Question 6

Latin phrase for "what comes before" for deductive reasoning, which proceeds from the general to the specific

Accepted Answer

A Priori

Question 7

"into the middle"--starting in the middle of a story then backtracking to the beginning.

Accepted Answer

in media res

Question 8

The absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse:

Accepted Answer

catalexis

Question 9

In poetry, second part is balanced against the first with parts reversed. (flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike)

Accepted Answer

chiasmus

Question 10

Latin for an object serving as a warning or reminder of death, such as a skull

Accepted Answer

memento mori

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