Literary Terms
Authors and Their Works
Quote Analysis
Literary Terms II
Rhetoric
100
Foolish amount of pride and arrogance in a character
What is hubris?
100
Two Churches, Black and White
Who is Michael Powell?
100
"Stretching out in front of her, beyond the beach--it's cool bright sand dotted with lumps of clothing and half-empty backpacks-dark swells of the ocean roll in from the deep, walls of water that mist at their peak then wallop the reef below."
What is "What the Ocean Eats?"
100
A series of incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension.
What is the rising action?
100
Diction used in "Like Mexicans"
What is informal?
200
A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction such as jumbo shrimp.
What is oxymoron?
200
"What the Ocean Eats"
Who is Kawai Strong Washburn?
200
Identify this literary concept from "Voice of America:" Innocence is bliss.
What is theme?
200
An example would be referring to the story of Adam and Eve in a new piece of writing.
What is an allusion?
200
The writer's attitude towards the subject of a piece of writing?
What is tone?
300
John must make the decision if to cheat on his test and pass the class or not cheat on his test and continue with a clear conscience exhibits which type of conflict.
What is person vs. self?
300
"Like Mexicans"
Who is Amy Tan?
300
The piece and author of the following quote: "Emotional freedom comes with being aware of the certainty of uncertainty."
What is "Turning Japanese" by Heidi Julavits
300
The teaching of a moral or religious lesson in a literary piece.
What is didactic?
300
"Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa" is an example of this type of essay.
What is Compare and Contrast?
400
"The aroma of the bacon beckoned Leslie down the stairs from her slumber into an invitingly warm room of heavenly scents of spices of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger."
What is imagery?
400
"Gender in the Classroom"
Who is Deborah Tannen?
400
Identify the author and work of the following quote: "It's not that females don't fight, but that they don't fight for fun. They don't ritualize it."
Who and what is Deborah Tannen, "Gender in the Classroom"
400
Pomai from "What the Ocean Eats"
What is the protagonist?
400
She studied. She studied every sentence carefully, with an eye towards her future and an eye towards her goal. She knew. Deep inside her soul, she felt the need to exist; she felt the need to belong, and with or without those around her, she would prevail is an example of what rhetorical device.
What is syntax?
500
The cross, the color purple, an apple, winter, summer are examples of what literary device.
What is symbolism?
500
"Voice of America"
Who is EC Osundu?
500
Identify the author and work for the following quote: "Once there, I walked through a grove of eucalyptus trees and alongside a bald pasture of starving cattle, past the guard napping in his gatehouse, and into the waiting arms of my monkey"
Who and what is David Sedaris, "Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa"
500
Prejudices would be an example found in "Two Churches, Black and White"
What is motif?
500
In an essay, just as a rule of thumb, you should have no more than _____ paragraphs on one typed, double-spaced page because it may be indicative of _____ paragraphs
What is two; underdeveloped?
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