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Question | Answer |
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Aloof | at a distance especially in feeling or in interest |
Warrant | to give authority to, to justify |
Presage | something that foreshadows a future event (normally something bad) |
Banish | to expel by authoritative degree |
Adversary | a person, group, or force that opposed or attacks |
Assonance | repetition of some vowel sound |
Consonance | repetition of consonant sounds |
Alliteration | the repetition of the same sounds |
Anaphora | the deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses |
Stanza | an arrangement of a certain number of lines in poetry |
Free Verse | verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern |
Inflection | change in pitch or tone of voice |
Meter | a count of beats |
Rhyme/Rhyme Scheme | a pattern of rhyming |
Rhythm | repeated pattern of movement or sound |
Chaste | not engaging in sexual relations |
Furtive | sneaky or stealthy |
Herald | royal messenger |
Cynical | showing contempt for an accepting or normal idea |
Eminent | of high rank |