Literary Lessons
Literary Lessons II
Colonialism
Right Writing
Vocabulary
100

This is a literary technique in which something has a deeper meaning attached to it.

What is symbolism/a symbol?

100

This type of character stays the same throughout the course of a work of literature.

What is a static character?

100

A person or group of people who establish a colony outside of their home country.

What is a colonizer?

100

In order to correctly cite, one must put these two lings in a parenthetical after using a piece of evidence.

What are author's last name and page number?

100

The definition of the word "palpable"

A feeling so strong, that it is like it can be physically touched.

200

When an author TELLS you something about a character's personality.

What is direct characterization?

200

A type of character that experiences major changes.

What is a dynamic character?

200

A goal that Chinua Achebe had in writing the novel Things Fall Apart.

What is:

- Dispel stereotypes about Africa/Africans

- Tell a story from an African perspective

- Push back against European narratives about Africa

200

The elements of a TE/EA structure paragraph.

What are topic sentence, evidence, explanation, and analysis?

200

The definition of the word "irate"

What is very angry or upset about something?

300

The lesson or message that one gets from reading a work of literature.

What is theme?

300

An object or idea with symbolic meaning that recurs in a work of literature.

What is motif?

300
A notion that white Europeans and white Americans have a duty to "civilize" and guide people from other cultures.

What is the White Man's Burden?

300

The three main things that should be included in an introduction paragraph for an academic essay.

What are hook, background information, and thesis statement?

300

Very thin, as from suffering or starvation.

What is "emaciated"?

400

A literary figure who sees the root of his or her own downfall.

What is a tragic hero?

400

The emotional setting of a piece of literature, or how the reader feels while reading.

What is mood?

400

The idea that the world should be looked at from a European perspective, that the European perspective is most important.

What is eurocentrism/eurocentric?

400

When writing by hand the title of a novel should be THIS, when typing, it should be THIS.

What are underlined and italicized?

400

Looking dirty and disheveled.

What is "bedraggled"?

500

When an author deliberately contrasts two things together in literature.

What is juxtaposition?

500

The most common fatal flaw of a tragic hero.

What is hubris and/or excessive pride?

500

The idea that we should look at other cultures in their own context and not judge them by our own cultural standards.

What is cultural relativism?

500

The way to introduce your evidence in a way that makes sense for the reader, and so that it fits the sentence.

What is context/contextualizing?

500

Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.


What is "indignant"?

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