Amer. Literary Periods
Argumentative Writing
Literary Terms
Grammar & Convention
Wild Card
100

What era of American Literature are we in today?

What is Post-Modernism

100

Rhetorical Appeal to emotion

What is Pathos

100

The central and universal message or lesson of a literary work that readers can apply to real life

What is theme

100

More powerful than a comma, a ______ can join together 2 independent clauses (complete sentences) as long as they have a similar subject matter

What is a semicolon

100

Original sources of information, firsthand documents like diaries, court records, documents, research results, interviews, etc. 

What is a primary source

200

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

What is Transcendentalism

200

Rhetorical appeal to logic/statistics and data

What is Logos

200

Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, to make a point, or evoke humor

What is hyperbole

200

A group of words without a noun or verb

What is a phrase

200

The central struggle between two opposing forces in a story

What is conflict

300

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

What is Romanticism

300

Rhetorical appeal to credibility/trust

What is ethos

300

Figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined in the same phrase 

What is oxymoron

300

This punctuation must be used to join together two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction

What is a comma

300

An author's choice of words (formal, informal) used to convey a tone or effect

What is diction

400

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

What is Realism/Naturalism

400

The writer's position on a problem or issue

What is the claim

400

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses

What is imagery

400

When they finally breached the walls of Masada


This type of clause is?

What is a dependent clause

400

The force against the main character

What is the antagonist

500

Literature written in the late 19th century into the 20th century in which authors write about darker elements of the nation's culture and history through supernatural or suspenseful emotions.

What is the American Gothic Period

500

The other side of the argument

What is the counterclaim

500

A figure of speech which makes a brief reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or text.

What is allusion

500

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

What is characterization

500

Part of the plot in which actions, complications, and plot twist lead up to the climax. 

What is the rising action

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