Literature
In “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant, death is related to nature as a cyclical experience. What of the literary eras/movements is this poem most closely related to?
Romanticism and Transcendentalism
A figure of speech that compares two different things in an interesting way using the word "like" or “as".
Simile
This literary device refers to the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story.
Mood
This is the first part of the plot diagram. Here, the setting and characters are introduced.
Exposition
Name one element of Native American Literature.
Possible answers: personification, trickster characters, creation stories
How did McCarthyism and The Red Scare lead to the writing of The Crucible by Arthur Miller?
The Crucible functions as an allegory for McCarthy's communist hunt, during which many people were also killed and imprisoned due to accusations of communism.
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
A reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
Allusion
This is when the story has come to a conclusion, where the protagonist experiences an end result, whether positive or negative.
Resolution
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense uses rhetorical appeals to engage with his audience. What are these three appeals?
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
Tell me an example of symbolism from The Great Gatsby and what it represents.
Possible Answers: Valley of Ashes, Dr. TJ Eckleburg's Eyes, West Egg, East Egg. The Green Light
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work, that appeals to a reader's senses: touch, taste, smell, sound, and sight.
Imagery
This expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience of a literary work.
Tone
This includes all of the events that lead up to the turning point of a story. It will feature the majority of the details and will depict the gradual progression of the main idea.
Rising Action
Pathos is a type of rhetorical appeal that appeals to the reader's ______.
Emotions
In Emily Dickinson’s “Hope Is The Thing With Feathers,” the bird acts as what type of literary device?
Metaphor
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
A narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a hidden meaning with moral or political significance. This is also sometimes referred to as a "story within a story”.
Allegory
This section includes all events that combine to lead to the resolution of the story. This section of the plot diagram immediately follows the climax.
A phrase is a group of words without a ______ and a _______
Subject , Verb
In The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator is considered a __________ narrator because of his alcohol problem.
Unreliable
A literary device that uses symbols, such as words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.
Symbolism
A distinctive type or category of literary composition, such as the epic, tragedy, comedy, novel, and short story.
Genre
This is the story's central turning point—the moment of peak tension or conflict.
Climax
Name one of the three types of phrases.
Possible answers: participle phrase, infinitive phrase, prepositional phrase