Novels
Figurative Language
Drama/Poetry
Literary Terms
Misc
100
"star cross'd lovers"
What is Romeo and Juliet?
100
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
A pair of rhyming lines.
What is a couplet?
100
The height of the conflict in a story.
What is the climax?
100
A word that means the opposite of a given word.
What is an antonym?
200
The main character and narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who is Scout?
200
This is an example: Her eyes are diamonds.
What is a metaphor?
200
When the audience knows something the other characters don't.
What is dramatic irony?
200
The reason a character behaves or thinks a certain way.
What is motive?
200
Familiar words that give readers a clue about unknown words.
What are context clues?
300
The decade that "Mockingbird" is set in.
What is the 1930s?
300
This is an example: The wind howled its lonely song.
What is personification?
300
When an event occurs that contradicts what the characters and readers expect.
What is situational irony?
300
The writer's attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
300
A statement that summarizes the main points/arguments of the author.
What is a thesis statment?
400
"Mockingbird" is told from this point of view.
What is first person?
400
This is an example: I have been waiting a million years just to see your face.
What is hyperbole?
400
The rhyme scheme of a sonnet.
What is abab cdcd efef gg?
400
When an all-knowing narrator tells the story.
What is 3rd person omniscient narration?
400
Original materials created during the time of study.
What are primary sources?
500
A speech delivered by a character when they are alone.
What is a soliloquy?
500
This is an example: little giant
What is oxymoron?
500
Synonymous with "sarcasm".
What is verbal irony?
500
Shakespeare's purpose for writing Romeo and Juliet.
What is to entertain?
500
Materials written about a certain event, but not written when the event happens.
What are secondary sources?
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