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.
What is an idiom?
100
A verb that acts like an adjective and end in "ed" or "ing"
What is a Participle
100
A brief account of an interesting event, either personal or factual.
What is Anecdote
100

The Great Gatsby part of this literary movement.

What is Modernism?

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 a an example.
What is Native American Literature
200
A contrast between appearance and reality.
What is Irony
200
What is an action verb that has a direct object is known as.
What is Transitive.
200
The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character, either through inferences or directly
What is Characterization
200

Where the hyphen goes in the following sentence?

All able bodied people were encouraged to support the war efforts.

What is able-bodied?
300
"Crisis No. 1" and "Speech to the Second Virginia Convention" are examples of this literary period.
What is Revolutionary Literature
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 is "readily"

What is an adverb?

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

The initial description of Tom Buchanon is an example of this type of characterization.

What is indirect characterization?

400
"The Minister's Black Veil" is an example of this type of literature.
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 EOC counts toward this percentage of your grade.

What is 20%?

500
"Sing Low Sweet Chariot" and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" are examples of this type of literature.
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 message of a work of literature that readers can apply to life.
What is Theme
500

On this day of the test, you can expect to have to write an extended response.

What is Day 1?

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