Idioms in Literature
To be "Mad as a Hatter" is an idiom from this popular childhood story
What is Alice in Wonderland?
This rhetorical device uses part of something to represent the whole
What is a synecdoche
This book by F. Scott Fitzgerald is setting in the roaring 20's
What is the Great Gatsby
What is Hamlet
A central, unifying idea in literature is known as this:
What is Theme
To "Live off the fat of the Land" is from this book set in the Salinas Valley
originally from the Greek language, this device literally means to change or correct your thinking- it functions to qualifies or correct a statement
What is "Metanioa"
If you enjoy the wrath of Greek gods and Trojan horses, this book would interest you
What is the Iliad by Homer
What is Othello
The time and place in which a story is told is known as this:
What is setting
To "Wear my upon upon my sleeve" made its appearance in this Shakespearean play
What is Othello
This descriptive word or phrase expresses a quality of the person or thing; it functions to add a label
What is an epithet
Love stories, rural England and social classes make an appearance in this 1800's period piece by Jane Austin
What is Pride and Prejudice
This rather long dramatic poem by T.S. Elliot highlights the assassination of an archbishop
What is Murder in the Cathedral
The way the author uses words, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement working together to establish mood, images and meaning in text is:
What is style
To "break the Ice" was the term used in this play as a suggested way to woo a character. (hint: the name of the play includes a rodent)
What is The Taming of the Shrew
What is an antithesis
Set in rural Mississippi in the 1920-30's, this book deals with southern aristocrats struggling to find identity after the dissolution of their family and status. The narrative uses 3rd person omniscient.
What is the Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
This poem highlights those economically and racially disadvantaged in his ironic allusion to the American dream
What is "Let America Be American Again", by Langston Hughes
A category of artistic composition in music or literature, it is characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
What is Genre
This common idiom (Love is Blind) was first mentioned in this 14th century work by Chaucer
What is the Canterbury Tales
This type of literary device used in sentence structuring is best illustrated by Yoda
what is an anastrophe
Set in Imperial Russia in 1874, this book chronicles the lives of two women and a scandalous affair
What is Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
An American Poet in the early 20th century, Robert Frost used this poem to describe that nothing that is beautiful or perfect can last forever.
What is Nothing Gold Can Stay
A repeated pattern in the form of an image, sound, word or symbol within a particular story is known as:
What is Motif