Literacy terms
Vocab/roots
Pride and Prejudice
Heart of darkness
The Awakening
100
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is an alliteration
100
inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
What is redoubtable
100
The young man that moved to Nethefield Park.
Who is Mr. Bingley
100
This normally symbolizes goodness, but does not here.
What is light
100
The novel focuses around this crisis.
What is an identity crisis
200
A narrative device that hints at coming events.
What is Foreshadowing
200
a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality
What is megalomania
200
The handsome man at the ball that is rude and stuck up.
Who is Mr. Darcy
200
This represents human life
What is thread
200
This shrieks at the start of the novel?
What is a parrot
300
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
What is Paradox
300
a chain or shackle placed on the feet; anything that confines or restrains; to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent
What is fetter
300
The eldest daughter of Sir William Lucas.
Who is Charlotte Lucas
300
This symbolizes death
What are flies
300
This seems to be the barrier to happiness.
What is marriage
400
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
What is Personification
400
to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
What is Ingratiate
400
Elizabeth rides a horse to this place to see her sick sister.
What is Netherfield Park
400
Head-on-sticks symbolize this.
What is mortality.
400
This is shown to be a symbol for empowerment.
What is the Sea
500
A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.
What is Tone
500
saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly
What is drivel
500
The nephew of Lady Catherine and cousin of Mr. Darcy
Who is Colonel Fitzwilliam.
500
He said, "He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable."?
Who is Marlow
500
She said, "The years that are gone seem like dreams--if one might go on sleeping and dreaming--but to wake up and find--oh! well! Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one’s life."?
Who is Edna
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