Couplet = couple = 2 lines
Quatrain = quadruple = 4 lines
Sestet = 6 lines
Octave = octagon = 8 lines
Thats how I try to remember it.
<span>The messenger tells of the tragic events.</span>
Answer:
Calling someone Romeo in dialogue, or D.
Explanation:
Allusion is a figure of speech in which a hidden or indirect reference is made to an object or situation from a certain perspective.
Answer:
An expectant father waits to learn the outcome of his wife’s labor and delivery. In his brief exchanges with another father-to-be the reader is apprised of Mr. Knechtmann’s history. He and his wife are holocaust survivors; their only prior child died in a displaced-person’s camp in Germany--and there is no one to carry on the proud family name if this infant is not healthy. A bored nurse comes to inform Heinz that he has a son and everyone is well.
