Passage Identification
Term Definitions
Writer's Workshop
Wild Card
100

"Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten[a] a man with the help of the Lord.” And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground."

What is Genesis? 

100

A figure of speech by which animals, abstract ideas, or inanimate things are referred to as if they were human.

What is personification?

100

Claim, Evidence, Analysis

What are the three main components of an analytical paragraph?

100

This cavidacious rodent is the animal featured at the end of Sara's slideshows each week. 

What is a guinea pig? 

200
"The Sun came up upon the right,

Out of the Sea came he;
And broad as a weft upon the left
Went down into the Sea." 

What is Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?"
200

A figure of speech in which a word of phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Key terms: tenor and vehicle. 

What is a metaphor? 

200

MLA, Chicago, APA

What are citation styles? 
200

This English-born actor is well known for roles such as Tom Wambsgans in HBO's "Succession," Mr. Paradox in "Deadpool & Wolverine," and, most thematically appropriate, Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright's 2005 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice." 

Who is Matthew Macfadyen?

300

"It taught me to hope," said he, "as I had scarcely ever allowed myself to hope before. I knew enough of your disposition to be certain, that, had you been absolutely, irrevocably decided against me, you would have acknowledged it to Lady Catherine, frankly and openly." 

What is Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice?"

300

The repetition of words or ideas in inverted order. (Hint: this is the only literary term that comes with its own "universal signal") 

What is chiasmus? 

300

Refers directly to the evidence, draws reasonable inferences or conclusions from the evidence, repeats key terms from the claim, develops the claim where possible.

What is effective analysis? 

300

This classic 1962 protest song that Sara played in class one day follows the traditional folk ballad form, a poetic form that dates back thousands of years. 

What is "Blowin' In the Wind" by Bob Dylan?

400

"Though absent long,
These forms of beauty have not been to me,
As is a landscape to a blind man's eye:
But oft, in lonely rooms, and mid the din
Of towns and cities, I have owed to them,
In hours of weariness, sensations sweet,  
Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart,
And passing even into my purer mind
With tranquil restoration"

What is William Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey"?

400

A fictional story in verse or prose that relates improbable adventures of idealized characters in some remote or enchanted setting; or, more generally, a tendency in fiction opposite to that of realism. The term now embraces many forms of fiction from the Gothic novel and the popular escapist love story, but it usually refers to the tales of King Arthur's knights written in the late Middle Ages.

What is romance? 

400

This piece of publication only needs to be included in Works Cited entries for works published before 1900, if the publisher has offices in more than one country, or if the publisher is unknown in North America. 

What is the city of publication? 

400

This recent Taylor Swift song draws inspiration from a course text - "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 

What is "The Albatross?"

500

"One impulse from a vernal wood

May teach you more of man; 

Of moral evil and of good, 

Than all the sages can." 

What is William Wordsworth's "The Tables Turned"? 

500

The term used in modern narratology for ‘point of view’; that is, for the kind of perspective from which the events of a story are witnessed. Events observed by a traditional omniscient narrator are said to be non‐[this], whereas events witnessed within the story's world from the constrained perspective of a single character are ‘internally [this]’.

What is focalization?

500

Combines the function of a literary technique and a larger theme or idea to create an effective argument for writing about literature. 

What is an analytical claim? 

500

This Netflix star also fronts a band called "Djo," and wrote one of their greatest hits about his life undergoing a major transformation thanks to his Stranger Things fame. 

Who is Joe Keery?

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