MC Scene V

Chastise

To criticize, discipline, or punish someone severely.

Impedes

Delays, blocks, or hinders the progress of something.

Metaphysical

Relating to things that are abstract, spiritual, or beyond the physical world.

Battlements

Low walls with open spaces built at the top of a castle wall, used for defense.

Compunctious

Feeling regret, guilt, or remorse for doing something wrong.

Dispatch

To send off to a destination, or to deal with/kill a task or person quickly.

Sovereign

A supreme ruler (like a king or queen), or possessing ultimate independent power.

Exalted

Placed at a high or powerful level; held in very high regard.

Subservience

Complete willingness to obey others; a state of being lower in rank or power.
Literary Terms Definitions

Antecedent

The word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun replaces or refers back to (e.g., in "John lost his keys," John is the antecedent).

Personification

A figure of speech where human qualities or actions are given to non-human things, animals, or ideas.

Alliteration

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Apostrophe

A speech or address to a personified object, idea, or a person who is absent or dead.

Symbolism

The use of a physical object, person, or situation to represent a deeper, abstract idea beyond its literal meanin