Literary Periods
Literary Terms
Conventions
Elements of Literature
Wild Card
100

This literary period believed all people are inherently good and nature will provide solitude and comfort for a corrupt society.

What is Transcendentalism?

100

Sayings such as "jumbo shrimp" or "big baby" are examples of what literary term? 


What is an oxymoron? 

100

a group of words without a noun or a verb

What is a phrase?

100

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


What is theme?

100

War connected to "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

What is the Civil War?

200

Considered a literature of transition between the oral tradition including myths and legends which flourished before Europeans arrived.

What is Native American Literature?

200

A contrast between appearance and reality.

a. irony

b. imagery

What is irony?

200

This punctuation must be used with two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction.

What is a comma?

200

The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character, either directly or indirectly.

What is characterization?

200

Writing that makes a claim, defends the claim and addresses a counterclaim.

What is argumentative?

300

"Crisis No. 1","Speech to the Second Virginia Convention" and the Declaration of Independence are examples from this literary period.

What is Colonialism?

300

Two contrasting circumstances that work together as one is called...

What is juxtaposition? 

300

A formal paper should be double-spaced, 12 pt font, and include a combination of in-text citations and paraphrasing. What is this formatting called? 

What is MLA Citation or MLA? 

300

Writing or speech that tells a story.

What is narrative?

300

How many days is the American Lit EOC? 

What are three days?

400

Authors like Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville were best known for their dark, supernatural tales. 

What is Dark Romanticism or Gothic Literature?

400

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

What is an allegory? 

400

Her children like to swim, hike, and fish in the summers. 

This is an example of...

What is parallel structure? 

400

The beginning of a story that includes an introduction to the characters and the setting.

What is exposition?

400

What is the name of our head school principal? 

Who is Mr. Keith Wright? 

500

"An Occurrence and Owl Creek Bridge" and "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain are examples of this type of literature demonstrating realistic characters and regions of the US. 

What is Realism/Naturalism/Regionalism?

500

The other word for the denouement in plot.

What is resolution.

500

What is the main difference between a hyphen and a dash? 

Hyphens are not separated by spaces, while a dash has a space on either side.

500

A brief account of an interesting event, either personal or factual.

a. anecdote

b. antidote

c. antithesis

What is an anecdote?

500

What is the date of the last day of school?

When is May 24th? 

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