Question Bank for Grade 10 English

Antithesis

• a device in which two opposing ideas are put together in a sentence

• the rule that a sinner’s crime must be met with a fitting and equal punishment

• deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in

• an adjective or descriptive phrase that is usually connected to a person’s name

Epithet

• growing without check, running wild

• the use of humor or wit to point out flaws in society, institutions, or people

• unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen

• an adjective or descriptive phrase that is usually connected to a person’s name

Satire

• to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion

• the use of humor or wit to point out flaws in society, institutions, or people

• o include or contain; to be made up of

• the rule that a sinner’s crime must be met with a fitting and equal punishment

Brandish

• light

• an adjective or descriptive phrase that is usually connected to a person’s name

• to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion

• honor, worth

Destitute

• a feeling of sadness

• characterized by a lively energy; excited

• deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in

• to see clearly, recognize

Lum/Luc

• a poetic device consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one

• open to or marked by bribery or corruption

• light

Iamb

• the use of humor or wit to point out flaws in society, institutions, or people

• a poetic device consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one

• definite, clearly stated

• death

Mortis

• to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion

• death

• honor, worth

• a device in which two opposing ideas are put together in a sentence

Ominous

• light

• unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen

• growing without check, running wild

• honor, worth

Venal

• a poetic device consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one

• open to or marked by bribery or corruption

• the use of humor or wit to point out flaws in society, institutions, or people

• to include or contain; to be made up of