Never Let Me Go
He is the author of Never Let Me Go
Who is Kazuo Ishiguro?
She is the author of Pride and Prejudice.
Who is Jane Austen?
He is the author of The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
Who is Neil Gaiman?
This is how you spell the last name of the author of Macbeth.
What is S-H-A-K-E-S-P-E-A-R-E?
These are the three essay types that will appear on the AP Lit. test.
What are prose, poetry, and literary argument (or "open essay")?
Whom does the secret guard protect? (Hint: It's the students' favorite guardian.)
Who is Miss Geraldine?
These are the five Bennet sisters.
Who are Jane, Elizabeth, Lydia, Kitty, and Mary?
The novel is typical of this genre or type of story, having to do with growing up.
What is a coming-of-age tale or bildungsroman?
He is Macbeth's friend and companion, whom Macbeth later has killed.
Who is Banquo?
This is what you should do in the "hook" of your essay.
What is "make a philosophical statement about life, the human condition, psychology, or society"?
What is the name of the city where everything winds up, according to clone lore?
What is Norfolk?
This literary element is deeply embedded in the text, including in the tone of the narrator, the dialogue, and the events of the plot.
What is irony?
The structure of the narrative, containing a tale within a tale, may be referred to as this.
What is a "frame narrative"?
Who is Malcolm?
True or False: It is advisable to praise the brilliance or genius of an author or literary work in your test essays.
What is "false"?
They are the couple who first suggest the idea of deferrals.
Who are Chrissie and Rodney?
This word is important in our essay writing and is a kind of catch-all for the kinds of things that especially belong in your conclusion. For example, the ambiguity in the final scene where it seems that Kathy has changed AND not changed at the same time. (Hint: this term is one way to earn the sophistication point.)
What is complexity?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Please jot down your wager.
Macbeth, All the Pretty Horses, and Ocean all deal with one of the same elements of the human condition. It is one of the primary concerns of literature.
Only Pride and Prejudice does not address the issue in any way.
What is it?
He is Macbeth's primary antagonist and is revealed to be the one person who is "not of woman born."
Who is Macduff?
This is how you know you're looking at a floating quotation.
What is: "There are quotation marks around the entire quoted passage, but no introductory phrase on the part of the writer"?
This is the fictional singer of "Never Let Me Go"?
Who is Judy Bridgewater?
This literary terms applies to the humorous way in which the author exposes the stupidity and ridiculousness of her characters and the society they live in.
What is satire?
The novel contains two additional chapters--one at the beginning and one at the end--that have these special literary names.
What are "prologue" and "epilogue"?
This is the major question that we argued in our "trial of Macbeth."
What is: "Who is responsible?" OR "Was Macbeth free to make his own choices?"
What are: irony, paradox, tension, ambiguity, or contradiction?