Lit Like a Prof
Literary Terms Examples
Characters
Novels
Name the Archetype
100
Don't just read with your....
Eyes
100
"If I've told you once, I've told you a million times..."
What is hyperbole
100
Meddling, mixed up "fish-monger"
Polonius
100
The farmers burn these to increase profits
Fruit/Crops
100
The moment an individual comes into maturity.
Initiation
200
When in doubt, it's from....
Shakespeare
200
"The wind gently caressed her face."
Personification
200
Romantic boxer
Robert Cohn
200
Tree of ripening truth
Pear
200
A person's descent from from a higher to a lower state.
Fall
300
It's only baptism if...
He/She comes back up!
300
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
Understatement
300
His preference causes trouble
Bartelby
300
Grete's instrument of choice
Violin
300
Meursault, Captain Jack Sparrow, Dead Pool, Hans Solo.
Anti-hero
400
Flight is....
Freedom.
400
"Hamlet may want the crown!"
Metonymy
400
He walks into the water...
Noah
400
Meursault finally finds peace here.
Jail cell
400
Our dark side...as in "Batman."
Shadow
500
Most effective "made-up" illness
Fever
500
"Death, be not proud."
Apostrophe
500
Hypocritical magistrate
Judge Pyncheon
500
She doesn't go here....though her lover insists!
Nunnery
500
The divine couple
Syzygy
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