Literary Periods
Literary Terms
Conventions
Elements of Literature
Wild Card
100

This literary period believed in the unity of all creation and that human nature contained something that goes beyond ordinary experience.

What is Transcendentalism

100

A quirky saying or expression specific to a language.

Ex- It is raining cats and dogs outside today.

What is an idiom?

100

In English grammar,__________   is the repetition of the same grammatical form in two or more parts of a sentence.

Not correct- I like to jog, bake, paint, and watching movies.

correct-I like to jog, bake, paint, and watch movies.


What is a Parallelism or parallel structure?

100
A brief account of an interesting event, either personal or factual.
What is Anecdote
100

A typical character, action, or situation that represents universal patterns of human nature.

Example: the Bully, the Caregiver, the Damsel in Distress

What is an archetype?
200

Literature written in the 18th and 19th centuries and considered a literature of transition between the oral tradition which flourished before Europeans arrived. The myth "How the World Was Made" is an example.

What is Native American Literature

200

A contrast between appearance and reality. 

Something happens that is unexpected to the audience and/or reader

What is Irony

200

More powerful than a comma, a _________, can join two independent clauses (complete sentences) together as long as they have similar subject matter.

What is a semicolon?

200
The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character, either through inferences or directly
What is Characterization
200

A traditional story used to explain natural phenomena, rituals, and ceremonies.

What is a myth?

300

Authors were influenced by a common dream for independence, the advancement of technology with the Industrial Revolution, and scientific advancements.

What is Age of Reason/Enlightenment?

300
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, to make a point, or to evoke humor.
What is Hyperbole
300

What part of speech are the F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.

For, and, nor, but, or, yet,so

What are conjunctions?

300
The central struggle between two opposing forces in a story.
What is Conflict
300

What era of American Literature are we in today?

What is Contemporary?

400

Authors were influenced by the wildness of nature, a person's emotional experiences, and imagination.

What is Romanticism

400
A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined.
What is Oxymoron
400
When they finally breached the walls of Massada in A.D. 73. The Romans were amazed at what they found. Identify the type of error in the sentence/passage.
What is a Sentence Fragment
400
Writing or speech that tells a story.
What is Narrative
400

The narrator closely follows the thoughts, feelings, and experiences  The narrator uses the pronouns she, he, or they. 

What is third-person limited point of view?

500

Authors were influenced by the Civil War and wrote about common, everyday life,and the world as it really was.

What is Realism/Naturalism

500
Part of the plot in which actions, complications, and plot twists lead up to the climax.
What is Rising Action
500
Original sources of information; anything from firsthand documents, such as poems, diaries, court records, documents, and interviews to research results generated by experiments, surveys, etc.
What is a Primary Source
500

The central and universal message of a work of literature that readers can apply to life.

What is Theme?

500

Written or spoken language or visuals

meant to persuade the audience, using a variety of methods.

What is rhetoric?

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