What are: Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Emma?
100
He created the story "The Allegory of the Cave"
Who is Plato?
100
The most basic unit of measurement in poetry--in Shakespeare's work, these consists of two syllables.
What is a foot?
100
This character challenged Romeo to a duel over a party-crashing incident.
Who is Tybalt?
200
Deliberate mispronunciation of a name or term, with the intent of poking fun (a technique of satire)
What is malapropism?
200
The writer of "The City of Ember"
Who is Jeanne du Prau?
200
Three quatrains and a heroic couplet, accented unstressed/stressed, with five feet per line, and a rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg (two-word answer).
What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?
200
His murder leads to Romeo's commuted sentence--from death to banishment.
Who is Mercutio?
300
Treating a trivial or ridiculous subject in a serious way, or treating a serious subject in a light or frivolous way.
What is burlesque?
300
This character may be viewed as a foil for Elizabeth Bennet, in that she values money and connection more than personal worth.
Who is Miss Caroline Bingley?
300
This mode of writing (not one of the major four) asks writers to explain how something works by providing clear directions.
What is process analysis?
300
The term for unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is blank verse?
300
This character advises Juliet that her second match will make her happier, and she should go ahead and marry Paris.
Who is the Nurse?
400
Treating a trivial or ridiculous subject in a serious way, or treating a serious subject in a light or frivolous way. Ridicules the dignified.
What is travesty?
400
Austen employs this narrative technique when introducing Mr. Collins to the reader for the first time
What is direct characterization?
400
The major paper for this course was a piece in which of the four modes of discourse? (10 seconds to answer)
What is the persuasive mode?
400
These characters in Romeo and Juliet speak in prose.
Who are the servants?
400
Romeo's final mention of the stars in the play.
What is "...and shake the yoke of inauspicious stars" in his death monologue.
500
The technique of satire primarily used in the following example:
Headline: December, 2015: Traveling Group Of Medieval Mummers Is America's Top Pick For Holiday Entertainment?
What is incongruity?
500
The Bennet sister described here: "to her material advantage (she) spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. In society so superior to what she had generally known, her improvement was great."
Who is Kitty?
500
List the four modes of discourse (30 seconds!)
What are persuasive, expository, descriptive, and narrative?
500
The film "Vampires Suck" is a parody film. It's title is also an example of a(an)________________. You have 30 seconds to answer.
What is a pun?
500
In what line in the play are the stars first mentioned? (recite the line and tell the line number).
What is "a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life" and line 6.