Epuh-What
Descriptive word or phrase that highlights characteristics of a person or a thing.
What is epithet?
The poem:
"I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
What is "The Road Not Taken?"
She wrote the Harry Potter series.
Who is J.K. Rowling?
Shakespearean play:
(stabbing him) "What, you egg?"
What is Macbeth?
Extreme pride that usually leads to a character's downfall.
What is hubris?
A statement usually used in poetry that is a brief, interesting thought.
What is an epigram?
Her poems are often about love, death, and nature. Her poems also happen to make minimal sense.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
She wrote To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who is Harper Lee?
Play including characters like Nora Helmer and Krogstad written by Henrik Ibsen.
What is A Doll's House?
Understatement that is a double negative:
"I am not undressed."
What are litotes?
Phrase, quotation, or poem put at the beginning of a document.
What is an epigraph?
A poem with girth by John Milton about Satan's fall from Heaven and the corruption of man.
What is "Paradise Lost"?
He wrote The Lord of the Rings series.
Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?
What is Oedipus Rex?
A short, allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some lesson.
What is a parable?
Repetition of words and phrases to add emphasis.
What is epizeuxis?
A poem consisting of 3 quatrains, a rhyming couplet, and iambic pentameter.
What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?
He wrote Heart of Darkness.
Who is Joseph Conrad?
This play centers around a drug-wielding grandmother and her dysfunctional family.
What is August: Osage County?
A critical interpretation of a text (usually a religious text).
What is an exegesis?
Figure of speech where the beginning of the sentence is repeated at the end.
What is epanalepsis?
Poet who may or may not have been called "Bobby Cold" by his peers.
Who is Robert Frost?
He wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Who is Sir Arthur C. Clarke?
A Socratic dialogue written by Plato about justice, a just city-state, and just man.
Also the name of the system of government behind the United States.
What is The Republic?
A novel that focuses on moral growth of the main character.
What is a bildungsroman?