ALLEGORY (page 33).
QUESTIONS.
1. How does
allegory compare with
simile?
Simile with
metaphor? 2. What are the distinctions between
allegory,
fable, and
parable? 3. Under what general term are all these included? 4. To what is
fiction now
most commonly applied?
EXAMPLES.
In argument ---- are like songs in love: They much describe; they nothing prove.
And He spake many things unto them in ----, saying, Behold a sower went forth to sow.
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ALLEVIATE (page 33).
QUESTIONS.
1. How does
alleviate differ from
relieve? from
remove? 2. Is
alleviate used of persons? 3. What are the
special
significations of abate?
assuage?
mitigate?
moderate? 4. How does
alleviate compare with
allay?
(Compare synonyms for ALLAY.)
EXAMPLES.
To pity distress is but human; to ---- it is Godlike.
But, O! what mighty magician can ---- A woman's envy?
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ALLIANCE (page 34).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is an
alliance? how does it differ from
partnership? from
coalition? from
league? 2. How does a
confederacy or
federation differ from a
union?
EXAMPLES.
The two nations formed an offensive and defensive ---- against the common enemy.
Till the
war-drum throbbed no longer, and the battle-flags were furled, In the Parliament of man, the ---- of the
world.
Business ---- are the warrant for the existence of trade ----.
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ALLOT (page 34).
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QUESTIONS.
1. Does
allot refer to time, place, or person? 2. To what does
appoint refer?
assign? 3. How does
destine differ
from
appoint? 4. How does
award differ from
allot,
appoint, and
assign?
EXAMPLES.
Man hath his daily work of body or mind ----.
He
----eth the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down.
The king is but as the hind ... Who may not wander from the ---- field Before his work be done.
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ALLOW (page 35).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the difference between
allow and
permit? between a
permit and
permission? 2. What instances can
you give of the use of these words, also of
tolerate and
submit? 3. What does
yield imply?
EXAMPLES.
Frederick ---- the Austrians to cross the mountains that he might attack them on a field of his own choosing.
The cruelty and envy of the people ---- by our dastard nobles, who Have all forsook me, hath devoured the
rest.
State churches have ever been unwilling to ---- dissent.
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ALLUDE (page 36).
QUESTIONS.
1. What
is the distinctive sense of allude? of
advert? of
refer? 2. How do the above words compare with
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