Literary Lingo
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Literary Potpourri
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The term for a universal idea that unites a work of literature.
What is theme
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"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
Who is Nick Carraway.
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This vocabulary term is used to describe someone in disguise; choosing to remain anonymous.
What is incognito
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This once & future president of Russia was elected to the job after 4 years as prime minister.
Who is Vladimir Putin.
100
Maya Angelou writes, "Let the whitefolks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, and books, and mostly—mostly—let them have their whiteness."
What is polysyndetic prose.
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This term describes the placement of two things next to one another for the purpose of comparison.
What is juxtaposition.
200
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!"
Who is Jay Gatsby.
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You could use this "i" noun to define Don Benito Cereno's constant state of poor health.
What is an invalid.
200
This Internet giant's IPO raised $16 billion in one day in May
What is Facebook.
200
Hamlet says, "I must be cruel to be kind." What literary device is Shakespeare using here?
What is a paradox.
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The term for the dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation
300
"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."
Who is Mr. Antolini
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This adjective is used to describe a disrespectful attitude for people or things that are usually taken seriously.
What is irreverent
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It turned out this Olympic sport was a racket as 8 competitors were disqualified for losing on purpose
What is Badminton.
300
A follower of Sigmund Freud might use this form of psychology to understand Hamlet's mommy issues.
What is psychoanalysis.
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Before Nick Carraway begins his narration, The Great Gatsby opens with this quotation: Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, Till she cry “Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!” This literary term describes the use of this type of quotation placed at the beginning of a novel.
What is an epigraph.
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"O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain."
Who is Gertrude.
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This "i" vocabulary term means a suggestion or hint.
What is intimation.
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These 2 states legalized recreational marijuana use.
What are Colorado and Washington.
400
Seinfeld's George Costanza uses this literary term when he says, "The sea was angry that day, my friends!"
What is personification
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Shakespeare evokes this literary term as Gertrude narrates the tragic death of Ophelia.
What is pathos.
500
"Madam! I have born as long as mortal could endure the ill-treatment of the insolent Irish upstart whom you've taken into your bed. It is not only the lowness of his birth and the general brutality of his manners which disgusts me, but the shameful nature of his conduct towards Your Ladyship."
Who is Lord Bullingdon
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This vocabulary term is used to describe something that is unimportant or irrelevant.
What is immaterial.
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From February to August, U.N. & Arab League envoy Kofi Annan tried to solve this country's civil war.
What is Syria.
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Shakespeare uses this literary term when Hamlet says, "The rest is silence."
What is a pun.
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