One word substitution
| One Word Substitution | Phrase |
| Mariticide | The killing of one's husband |
| Parricide | The killing of parents |
| Genocide | The killing of a whole race |
| Infanticide | The killing of a newborn child |
| Regicide | The killing of a king |
| Homicide | The killing of a human being |
| Suicide | The killing of oneself |
| Patricide | The killing of a father |
| Matricide | The killing of a mother |
| Fratricide | The killing of one's brother |
| Sororicide | The killing of one's sister |
| Uxoricide | The killing of one's wife |
| Dipsomania | Morbid compulsion to keep on consuming alcohol |
| Kleptomania | Morbid compulsion to steal |
| Bibliokleptomania | Morbid compulsion to steal books |
| Pyromania | Morbid compulsion to start a fire |
| Megalomania | Morbid delusion of power, importance or godliness |
| Nymphomania | Morbid, uncontrollable desire on the part of a woman |
| Satyromania | Morbid, uncontrollable desire on the part of a man |
| Monomania | A person with a one-track mind |
| Mythomania | The compulsion to tell lies |
| Mania | Madness with an obsession with something |
Figures of speech
Hyperbole: An extravagant statement; to give emphasis or to give heightened effect exaggeration is done for it and this is
Types of Poems
ABC
A poem that has five lines and creates a mood, picture, or feeling. Lines 1 through 4 are made up ofwords, phrases or clauses while the first word of each line is in alphabetical order. Line 5 is one sentencelong and begins with any letter.
Acrostic
Poetry that certain letters, usually the first in each line form a word or message when read in a sequence.
Ballad
A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend which often has a repeated refrain. Read moreabout ballads.
Ballade
Poetry which has three stanzas of seven, eight or ten lines and a shorter final stanza of four or five. Allstanzas end with the same one line refrain.
Blank verse
A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter and is often unobtrusive. The iambic pentameter formoften resembles the rhythms of speech. Example: Alfred Tennyson's "Ulysses".
Biography
A poem written about one self's life, personality traits, and ambitions. Example: Jean Ingelow's "One Morning, Oh! So Early".
Burlesque
Poetry that treats a serious subject as humor. Example: E. E. Cummings "O Distinct".Canzone
Medieval Italian lyric style poetry with five or six stanzas and a shorter ending stanza.
Carpe diem
Latin expression that means 'seize the day.' Carpe diem poems have a theme of living for today.
Cinquain
Poetry with five lines. Line 1 has one word (the title). Line 2 has two words that describe the title. Line 3has three words that tell the action. Line 4 has four words that express the feeling, and line 5 has one wordwhich recalls the title. Read more about cinquain poetry.
Classicism
Poetry which holds the principles and ideals of beauty that are characteristic of Greek and Roman art,architecture, and literature.
Concrete
Also known as "size poetry". Concrete poetry uses typographical arrangements to display an element ofthe poem. This can either be through re-arrangement of letters of a word or by arranging the words as ashape. Read more about concrete poetry.
Couplet
This type of poem is two lines which may be rhymed or unrhymed. Example: Walt Whitman's "To You".
Dramatic monologue
A type of poem which is spoken to a listener. The speaker addresses a specific topic while the listener unwittingly reveals details about him/herself.
Hyperbole.
Oxymoron: When contradictory terms or words appear side by side, there will be always Oxymoron.
Metaphor : Here comparison is not direct but indirect or not could be called as implied comparison between two unlike objects that actually have something important in common.
Lyric .A lyric is a short poem that expresses personal emotions or thoughts of the speaker.
Personification .In this figure of speech non – livings, objects, abstract ideas or qualities are spoken of as persons or human beings.
Irony. When one thing is said which means the exact opposite is Irony. On the other hand irony the words used suggest the opposite of their literal meaning.
TGT PGT quiz on Shakespear
1. The line “There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow” occurs in
Explain:- SPEECH Hamlet to Horatio in Act V, Scene II in Hamlet. When Horatio warns Hamlet that he will lose the duel with Laertes, he reveals that he’s decided to give in to God’s “providence” i.e. fate. The reference to the “ fall of the sparrow is from Mathew 10.29 . Hamlet argues with Horatio that God controls everything even something as trivial as a sparrow’s death.
2. “The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance.” This line occurs in Shakespeare’s
Explain:- this is Prospero’s speech in “ The Tempest” in Act V, Scene I. By this statement, subtle revelation after years of living in exile and plotting his return to Italy. The Tempest’s emphasis on mercy and forgiveness are hallmarks of Shakespeare’s “ romances” i. e. four plays (The Tempest, Pericles, The Winter’s Tale and Cymbeline) written late in the playwrights career. Prospero's capacity to forgive those who have betrayed him, Miranda’s empathy, Ariel’s mercy, and Gonzalo’s though fulness dramatize the triumph of the human spirit.
3. William Shakespeare belonged to the
Explain:- William Shakespeare belonged to the Elizabethan Age. This age is remembered as the time of a great wave of English nationalism. The Renassaince in England coincided with the reign of Elizabeth –I who was the Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until 1603-50. It is often referred to Elizabethan age or period. The arts flourished under Elizabeth-I. Her personal love for poetry, music and drama helped to establish a climate in which it was fashionable for the wealthy members of the Court. Shakespeare was known as the best playwrights during the age.
4. “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale/ Her infinite variety”.
Explain:-
5. Fortinbras is a character in Shakespeare's.
Explain:- Fortinbras, a young man is a character in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”. S everal characters will reflect Hamlet, but Fortinbras is the first to be named in the play in whom we see a likeness to the Prince of Denmark.
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