A genre that places a strong emphasis on intense emotion, pairing terror with pleasure, and death with romance.
What is Gothic literature
The time or place of the action.
What is Setting
For how long is Odysseus away from home?
What is 20 years?
A conclusion is reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is inference
This person’s nose grew longer when he lied.
Who is Pinocchio
A novel written by English author Mary Shelley (the most popular of its era).
What is Frankenstein
A series of events in a story
What is plot
A long poem, typically derived from oral tradition
What is an epic?
A subdivision of a poem, specifically a group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin.
What is/are lines in poetry
A group of crows is called?
Double Points
What is A “murder.”
An intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature
The Harlem Renaissance
An interruption in the action of the plot to tell what happened at an earlier time.
What is Flashback
What is unique about the author, Homer? *hint- think about your five senses.
What is blind?
An asterism in the constellation ______. It consists of the three bright stars Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka.*hint- what we use to hold up clothes
What is Orion's Belt
Name the largest state in America. Double Points
What is Alaska
Two crucial events lead to the downfall of The Harlem Renaissance: The Harlem Riot of 1935 and The _________ _______________.
What is The Great Depression?
Occurs when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story.
Double Points
What is Foreshadowing
This god is out to get Odysseus to avenge his son's injury. hint ***Nobody tricked me
Who is Poseidon?
A long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.
What is monologue
How many Olympic rings are there?
What is five
Famous female writer of the Harlem Renaissance
Zora Neale Hurston
The emotional atmosphere within the story produced by the author's use of language
What is Mood
The most beautiful goddess of all who kept Odysseus for seven years *hint...think Pirates of the Caribbean
Who is Calypso?
Balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses
What is parallelism, or parallel structure or parallel construction
The name of Davy Jones' ship in Pirates of the Caribbean hint---it can "fly"
What is the Flying Dutchman