poetry terms
What is blank verse?
This work features the White Witch.
What is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe or what is the Narnia Chronicles?
This author is famous for writing Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Sense and Sensibility.
Who was Jane Austen?
Mr. Wickham is the foil to this very proud gentleman.
Who is Mr. Darcy?
Panem is found in this dystopian novel.
What is The Hunger Games?
This is the study of meter
What is scansion?
This is Sherlock Holmes' foe.
Who is Professor Moriarty?
This novelist is famous for her contributions to the Harlem Renaissance, but she was also an anthropologist.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
Nick Carraway is a foil to this man who wears pink suits.
Who is Jay Gatsby?
This is the neighborhood where Daisy and Tom Buchanan live.
What is East Egg?
This type of meter is expressed as two unaccented syllables followed by a stressed syllable.
What is anapestic?
Sinister Nurse Ratched is featured in this Ken Kesey novel. The movie stars Jack Nicholson.
What is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
This author is famous for writing Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Who is Victor Hugo?
Sancho Panza is the foil to this delusional warrior?
Who is Don Quixote?
Jo Marsh and her sisters are raised in this Massachussetts town.
What is Concord?
When a line of poetry has punctuation in the middle of it making you pause, it is said to have this.
What is caesura?
Iago is featured in Disney's Aladdin, but he was originally from this Shakespearean play.
What is Othello?
Though this author is more commonly known for his poetry and stories of horror, he is also considered to be the Father of Detective Fiction, especially in America.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
Romeo's hot-headed friend is also a cousin of the Prince.
Who is Mercutio?
To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in this Alabama town.
What is Maycomb?
This type of poem has 19 lines with a specific rhyme scheme.
What is a villanelle?
Uriah Heep is the villain in this Charles Dickens classic.
What is David Copperfield?
This woman's semi-autobiographical novel is titled The Bell Jar.
Who is Sylvia Plath?
Laertes is the best friend of this overthinker?
Who is Hamlet?
What is Rebecca?