UIL

Inversion

putting the verb before the subject

diastole

lengthening a syllable that usually scans as short

Who wrote “Next to Normal,” 2010 Pulitzer Drama Winner

Brian Yorker and Tom Kitt

Key Characteristic of Anglo-Italian Sonnet

Combines rhyme schemes of Italian and English sonnets

A monoglot is a person who

Only speaks one language

Chrestomathy

a collection of passages to be used in the study of a language; an anthology

The “nine worthies” are a list of great historic heroes, frequently referred to in renaissance literature. Who of the following was a member of the Nine Worthies?

Hector

A ficelle is literally a string which controls a marionette. Henry James used this term in a literary sense for which of the following

a means for a self-effacing author to convey necessary info to the reader

2005 Pulitzer Poetry by Ted Kooser

Delight and Shadow

In theater, this term refers to action— not dialogue, often simply as a distraction for the audience during a scene change

Business

Melic poetry was a popular form in the seventh through the fifth centuries BC in Greece. Melic Poetry is designed to be accompanied by which instruments

Lyre or flute

the practice of employing multiple tropes or forms of figurative language in a short span of text, accentuating and complicating their effects

metalepsis

Attemperation

restriction or softening of something said earlier

synonymous with curse

malediction