Preparing for Lit Analysis
Lightning round - Lit Terms!
Buzz in your answer to receive 100 points per lit term that you correctly identify. (This is open to everyone)
Assorted
What are the four different types of POV in story telling?
DAILY DOUBLE: Include the pronouns each POV would use.
First Person - I/me
Second Person - You/your
Third Person Limited - Him/Her
Third Person Omniscent - Him/Her
Who is responsible for all the terrible deaths that happen in the novel? Explain.
I mean, I would argue Victor, but you might argue someone else.
Hamlet's Famous "To be or not to be" speech is actually about this rather taboo topic.
DAILY DOUBLE: Bonus points if you can explain why this speech was considered so taboo (societal reasons)
"To be or not to be (alive)" the speech is about Suicide.
DAILY DOUBLE: The speech was considered especially taboo due to the church's position on suicide being unforgivable - those who committed suicide were denied the right to be buried in Christian burial, and their families faced worse fates.
This is the central point of any essay.
It is often placed inside a Thesis statement, and is the overarching argument of the entire paper.
The Claim
Why does Okonkwo kill Ikemifuna even after he is explicitly told not to?
He is too afraid that he might be seen as weak.
Name one of the three books that help define the Creature's personal philosophy.
DAILY DOUBLE: Name all three.
Paradise Lost
Sorrows of Werther
One of the volumes of Lives by Plato. (unclear which one)
A man's paranoia about his wife's (supposed) infidelity completely destroys his life in this rather dark play written near the end of Shakespeare's life.
A Winter's Tale
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone refers to the narrator's tone when telling a story.
Mood refers to the atmosphere of the story - normally relating to the setting.
What are the four elements of the Simplified AP Exam Rubric?
Thesis Statement
Evidence
Commentary
Sophistication
What are the six points on a plot diagram?
Exposition
Conflict
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
What are the five major elements of the Romantic Movement?
Emotionality
Nature
Individuality
The Sublime
Allusion or references to older classical times/texts
This play would be considered a feminist's nightmare considering the speech given by one of the main characters at the end.
The Taming of the Shrew
!!!DAILY TRIPLE!!!
Correctly create an end of text citation (MLA 9th) in a proper word doc for your Shakespearean Play. First person to show me it, wins.
Shakespeare, William. Title of Play. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2014.
Chart the four evolutions of the English language - what are the four separate variants of English that developed from roughly the year 1000 to the modern day?
1000 - 1300 - Old English
1300 - 1500 - Middle English
1500 - 1700 - Early Modern English
1700 - 2025 - Modern English
Give an example of a Byronic Hero.
Prometheus, Batman - there are a lot.
This famous villain is renowned for his skills of manipulation. He convinces the protagonist of his play to murder his own wife for imagined crimes and eventually drives him to even kill himself.
Iago from Othello.
Lightning Round - Critical Lenses
Whichever group correctly identifies the most Critical Lenses receives all the points for this round.
Assorted
At the end of Things Fall Apart, the Commissioner comments that Okonkwo's death would go well in a book he is writing. How much of the book does he think this event might fit into?
"Perhaps not a full chapter but a reasonable paragraph, at any rate."
These two men are largely recognized as the fathers of the Romantic Movement.
DAILY DOUBLE: Name a work written by each one.
Wordsworth and Coleridge.
DAILY DOUBLE: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Why does Shylock want "a pound of flesh" in The Merchant of Venice?
It's revenge for the way he has been treated his entire life.
What is the preferred name of Mr. Sondergaard?
(What is he called when he isn't a teacher?)
Blake