A chronological mistake -- something from a different period of time (such as a modern idea or invention) wrongly placed in a historical setting in fiction or drama.
What is an anachronism?
100
An adjective that used to describe something that "causes a strong feeling of dislike or disgust."
What does the word "repugnant" mean?
100
Vocal exchange between two or more characters. One of the ways in which plot, character, action, etc. are developed.
What is dialogue?
100
She was an icon of the 1920s—dubbed by her husband "the first American Flapper."
Who was Zelda?
100
Character in an F. Scott Fitzgerald story who aged backwards.
Who is Benjamin Button?
200
A word used to describe something that causes envy or is very desirable.
What does the word "enviable" mean?
200
Of or relating to a son or daughter; appropriate for a son or daughter
What does the word "filial" mean?
200
The collection of images (pictures or scenes "painted" with words) within a literary work. Used to evoke atmosphere, mood, and tension.
What is imagery?
200
Named after the person who wrote the words to The Star Spangled Banner.
Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald?
200
Wife of the man in the F. Scott Fitzgerald story who ages backwards.
Who is Hildegarde Montcrieff?
300
Something that numbs the pain.
What is an anaesthetic?
300
Sixty.
What does the word "threescore" mean?
300
Something in a story that suggests an attitude toward the subject that might be playful, somber, serious, casual, formal, ironic. Important because it designates the mood of the story.
What is tone?
300
A term coined by F. Scott Fitzgerald that referred to the high-flying, pleasure-seeking 1920s when
stock market speculation ran rampant, and people could buy items they had never before dreamed of owning, like cars, radios and records of jazz music.
What is "the Jazz Age"?
300
War in which Benjamin Button tried to participate but couldn't.
What was World War I?
400
An adjective that means "based on something that is not true or real;based on an illusion."
What does the word "illusory" mean?
400
A verb that means "to pass or spread through (something)."
What does the word "permeate" mean?
400
It is something in a story which is itself yet stands for or means something else.
What is a symbol?
400
His first novel's success made him famous and let him marry the woman he loved, but he later descended into drinking and his wife had a mental breakdown
Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald?
400
War in which Benjamin Button distinguished himself and earned a reputation as a hero.
What was the Spanish-American war?
500
A person between the ages of 70 and 79.
What is a septuagenarian?
500
A person or a thing that seems to belong to the past and not to fit in the present.
What is an anachronism?
500
The author's expression of a character's personality through the use of action, dialogue, thought, or commentary by the narrator or another character.
What is characterization?
500
A university where F.Scott Fitzgerald firmly dedicated himself to honing his craft as a writer, writing scripts for the university's famous Triangle Club musicals as well as frequent articles for the campus humor and literary magazines.