- King Arthur - The quarterback of his football team, The Knights, in his own time, Arthur uses his natural leadership skill in battle against the Warlords. While seeking Merlin's council at times, Arthur usually comes up with clever strategies and battle plans when needed. His full name is Arthur King.
- Sir Lancelot (Lance) - Lance is the second in command of the knights and Arthur's best friend. Fearless and brave, Lance is usually the most serious of the knights.
- Sir Trunk - The knight's strongman; he's featured heavily in the first two episodes, but after that he becomes more of a background player.
- Sir Breeze - Breeze was the big trash talker in the group. He also used a lot of slang of his time. He is a bit of an egotist but knows where his priorities lie.
- Sir Tone - Tone was the team's inventor and blacksmith. He invented many machines based on ones he's seen in his own time. This does not take away from his battling ability however. Tone's real name is Anthony.
- Sir Wally - A running back for The Knights football team, as a true knight his job is now to protect Arthur during attacks. Good natured, but takes it hard when he makes mistakes. Sir Brick is his best friend.
- Sir Gallop - The ladies man, Gallop constantly thinks of women. In season 2 he dates the peasant girl Katrina.
- Sir Darren - The only one of the knights with a crossbow, Darren is the team's pretty boy. Now he has found a steady girlfriend in Lady Elaine. He is usually cool and confident on and off the battlefield.
- Sir Lug - Though originally the team's equipment manager, in Medieval times, Lug is in charge of Camelot’s squires. Lug has a low self-esteem and is usually picked on by some of the other knights.
- Sir Zeke - A certified brainiac, Zeke the least seen of the knights. His voice sounds like that of Woody Allen.
- Sir Brick - Like Wally, Brick is usually used as Arthur's bodyguard. He has unwavering loyalty to his friends, including his best friend, Wally.
- Sir Phil - One of the stronger knights of the twelve. Is very adamant of returning "to the land of cheeseburgers and fries".
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
12 knights
Saturday, July 11, 2009
FIGURES OF SPEECH
1.
is a literary or rhetorical stylistic device that consists in repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in close succession.
Example: Mother Goose tongue-twister,
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".
2.
(Greek: ἀναφορά, "carrying back") is a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequGreekence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis. In contrast, an epistrophe (or epiphora) is repeating words at the clauses' ends.
Example: Strike as I would
Have struck those tyrants!
Strike deep as my curse!
Strike! and but once
3.
(Greek for "setting opposite", from ἀντί "against" + θέσις "position") is a counter-proposition and denotes a direct contrast to the original proposition.
Example: the definition, or interpretation, semantics
4
( ’ or ' ) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritic mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet or certain other alphabets.
5.
(pronounced /haɪˈpɜrbəliː/ hye-PER-bə-lee[1]) comes from ancient Greek "ὑπερβολή" (meaning excess or exaggeration) and is a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is rarely meant to be taken literally.
· Example: This cat smells like a year's worth of spoiled milk! ( The cat smells bad
· These books weigh a ton. (These books are heavy.)
7.
(from the Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning hypocrisy, deception, or feigned ignorance) is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or discordance between what one says or does and what one means or what is generally understood.
Types of irony
· Verbal irony
· Dramatic irony
· Situational irony
8.
a metaphor is a method of comparison where the word ‘like’ and ‘as’ are not used.
To modify the earlier example, if the statement used had been something like ‘her laughter,
A babbling brook’,then it would be the use of metaphor.
Example: That man is a pig (using pig instead of unhygienic person. An unhygienic person is like a pig, but there is no contiguity between the two).
9.
(pronounced /mɨˈtɒnɨmi/) is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.
Example: The White House supports the bill (using The White House instead of the President. The President is not like The White House, but there is contiguity between them, in that the White House is where the President lives and works).
10.
or onomatopœia, from the Greek ὀνοματοποιία (ὄνομα for "name" and ποιέω for "I make"), is one or more words that imitate or suggest the source of the sound they are describing. Common occurrences include animal noises, such as "oink" or "meow" or "roar".
11.
(plural oxymora (greek plural) or, more often, oxymorons)("sharply dull" in Greek) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms.
12.
is a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition; or, it can be an apparent contradiction that actually expresses a non-dual truth (cf. Koan, Catuskoti). Typically, either the statements in question do not really imply the contradiction, the puzzling result is not really a contradiction, or the premises themselves are not all really true or cannot all be true together. The word paradox is often used interchangeably with contradiction.
13.
is an ontological metaphor in which a thing or abstraction is represented as a person.[1]
The term "personification" may apply to:
1. A description of an inanimate object as being a living person or animal as in: "The sun shone brightly down on me as if she were shining for me alone". In this example the sun is depicted as if capable of intent, and is referenced with the pronoun "she" rather than "it."
2. The act of personifying.
3. A certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification: "He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative" (Ralph Ellison).
4. An artistic representation of an abstract quality or idea as a person, for example the four cardinal virtues or nine Muses.
14.
is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the word "like" or "as".[1] Even though similes and metaphors are both forms of comparison, similes allow the two ideas to remain distinct in spite of their similarities, whereas metaphors compare two things without using "like" or "as". For instance, a simile that compares a person with a bullet would go as follows: "John was a record-setting runner and as fast as a speeding bullet."
15.
(pronounced /sɪˈnɛkdəki/ si-NEK-də-kee; from Greek synekdoche (συνεκδοχή), meaning "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech in which:
· a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing (Pars pro toto), or
· a term denoting a thing (a "whole") is used to refer to part of it (Totum pro parte), or
· a term denoting a specific class of thing is used to refer to a larger, more general class, or
· a term denoting a general class of thing is used to refer to a smaller, more specific class, or
· a term denoting a material is used to refer to an object composed of that material.
Example: "50 head of cattle" refers to 50 complete cattle (who might be herded by a ranch "hand".)
16.
is a form of speech in which a lesser expression is used than what would be expected. This is not to be confused with euphemism, where a polite phrase is used in place of a harsher or more offensive expression.
is a literary or rhetorical stylistic device that consists in repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in close succession.
Example: Mother Goose tongue-twister,
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".
2.
(Greek: ἀναφορά, "carrying back") is a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequGreekence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis. In contrast, an epistrophe (or epiphora) is repeating words at the clauses' ends.
Example: Strike as I would
Have struck those tyrants!
Strike deep as my curse!
Strike! and but once
3.
(Greek for "setting opposite", from ἀντί "against" + θέσις "position") is a counter-proposition and denotes a direct contrast to the original proposition.
Example: the definition, or interpretation, semantics
4
( ’ or ' ) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritic mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet or certain other alphabets.
5.
(pronounced /haɪˈpɜrbəliː/ hye-PER-bə-lee[1]) comes from ancient Greek "ὑπερβολή" (meaning excess or exaggeration) and is a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is rarely meant to be taken literally.
· Example: This cat smells like a year's worth of spoiled milk! ( The cat smells bad
· These books weigh a ton. (These books are heavy.)
7.
(from the Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning hypocrisy, deception, or feigned ignorance) is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or discordance between what one says or does and what one means or what is generally understood.
Types of irony
· Verbal irony
· Dramatic irony
· Situational irony
8.
a metaphor is a method of comparison where the word ‘like’ and ‘as’ are not used.
To modify the earlier example, if the statement used had been something like ‘her laughter,
A babbling brook’,then it would be the use of metaphor.
Example: That man is a pig (using pig instead of unhygienic person. An unhygienic person is like a pig, but there is no contiguity between the two).
9.
(pronounced /mɨˈtɒnɨmi/) is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.
Example: The White House supports the bill (using The White House instead of the President. The President is not like The White House, but there is contiguity between them, in that the White House is where the President lives and works).
10.
or onomatopœia, from the Greek ὀνοματοποιία (ὄνομα for "name" and ποιέω for "I make"), is one or more words that imitate or suggest the source of the sound they are describing. Common occurrences include animal noises, such as "oink" or "meow" or "roar".
11.
(plural oxymora (greek plural) or, more often, oxymorons)("sharply dull" in Greek) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms.
12.
is a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition; or, it can be an apparent contradiction that actually expresses a non-dual truth (cf. Koan, Catuskoti). Typically, either the statements in question do not really imply the contradiction, the puzzling result is not really a contradiction, or the premises themselves are not all really true or cannot all be true together. The word paradox is often used interchangeably with contradiction.
13.
is an ontological metaphor in which a thing or abstraction is represented as a person.[1]
The term "personification" may apply to:
1. A description of an inanimate object as being a living person or animal as in: "The sun shone brightly down on me as if she were shining for me alone". In this example the sun is depicted as if capable of intent, and is referenced with the pronoun "she" rather than "it."
2. The act of personifying.
3. A certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification: "He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative" (Ralph Ellison).
4. An artistic representation of an abstract quality or idea as a person, for example the four cardinal virtues or nine Muses.
14.
is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the word "like" or "as".[1] Even though similes and metaphors are both forms of comparison, similes allow the two ideas to remain distinct in spite of their similarities, whereas metaphors compare two things without using "like" or "as". For instance, a simile that compares a person with a bullet would go as follows: "John was a record-setting runner and as fast as a speeding bullet."
15.
(pronounced /sɪˈnɛkdəki/ si-NEK-də-kee; from Greek synekdoche (συνεκδοχή), meaning "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech in which:
· a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing (Pars pro toto), or
· a term denoting a thing (a "whole") is used to refer to part of it (Totum pro parte), or
· a term denoting a specific class of thing is used to refer to a larger, more general class, or
· a term denoting a general class of thing is used to refer to a smaller, more specific class, or
· a term denoting a material is used to refer to an object composed of that material.
Example: "50 head of cattle" refers to 50 complete cattle (who might be herded by a ranch "hand".)
16.
is a form of speech in which a lesser expression is used than what would be expected. This is not to be confused with euphemism, where a polite phrase is used in place of a harsher or more offensive expression.
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