Year in Review
Language and Style
Misc.
Research
Character Types
100

This is the name for the genre of fiction that is based on research about the past, but includes fictionalized characters

What is historical fiction?

100

This is the meaning of "diction"

What is word choice?

100

This is the point in the narrative arc when tension begins to decrease

What is falling action?

100

This is the acronym that we use to describe a set of questions that help us evaluate a source during research

What is the 5Ws?

100

This is the name for a character who is not well developed and does not change throughout the story

What is a round character?

200

This is the author of Macbeth

Who is William Shakespeare?

200

This is the meaning of "syntax"

What is sentence structure?

200

This is the point of greatest tension in a story's plot

What is the climax?
200

In the 5Ws, this is the question associated with WHY?

What is "why is the source relevant to your research?"

200

This is the name for the character or force in conflict with the main character

What is antagonist?

300
This is the Greek word for logical appeal

What is logos?

300

This is the font, size and spacing of a paper in English class

What is size 12 Times New Roman font, double-spaced?

300

This is the start of the narrative arc

What is the exposition?

300

This is what .com is short for in a URL

What is commerical/company?

300

This is the term for characters who populate the background of the story and are mostly based on stereotypes, like students in a cafeteria

What is stock characters?
400

This is the name of the lead pig in Animal Farm who takes control of the farm and turns it into a dystopia

Who is Napoleon?

400

This is the word for an author's attitude toward their subject

What is tone?

400

This is the word for when an image, object or idea represents something larger than itself

What is symbolism?

400

This is the name for an online collection of organized sources

What is a database?
400

This is the name of a character who highlights the qualities of the protagonist through contrast

What is a foil character?

500
This is the name of the King that Macbeth kills

Who is King Duncan?

500

These three words describe the ideal tone in a literary analysis essay

Confident, formal and neutral

500

This is the term for a narrator who is located above the world of the story but knows the thoughts of only one character

What is third person limited?

500

When we evaluate a source during the research process, we want to determine that it is these two words that start with R

What are Reliable and Relevant?

500

This is the name of the protagonist in They Called Us Enemy

What is George Takei?

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