Classic Allusions Unit Vocabulary

Enslave

To make someone a slave

Plague

God’s punishment for the Egyptian’s enslavement of the Israelites

Wile

Devious or cunning stratagems employed in a manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants

Wrath

Extreme anger

Testament

The realm of the dead

Enjambment

A literary device in poetry where a sentence or phrase flows beyond the end of a line into the next line without a pause or break.

Rhyme

Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry

Caesura

A pause near the middle of the line

Bible

The Christian scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments. This word is usually used to reference the Christian Bible

Eden (Garden of)

In the Christian Bible, the paradise that God created for Adam and Eve

Hubris

Excessive pride towards or defiance of the gods, usually leading to a punishment or death

immortal

living forever; never dying or decaying

allusion

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

deceitful

guilty or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading other

crucifixion

a form of the death penalty where those deemed guilty would be nailed to a wooden cross

testament

something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact, event, or quality. In the case of the bible, there are two testaments: Old and New

Gospel

The teachings or revelations about Jesus Christ

Symbolism

the use of symbolism to represent ideas or qualities

Grief

deep sorrow, especially that caused by someone’s death

Foe

an enemy of opponent

Parable

A simple story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson