Literary Terms
Vocabulary
Science Fiction
Social Awareness
Merchant of Venice
100
This action explains the climax of a story.
What is the resolution?
100
self-condradicting
What is a paradox?
100
Daniel Keyes wrote this book about a man who gets brain surgery to make him smarter.
What is Flowers for Algernon?
100
The man who penned his memoir "Night".
What is Elie Wiesel?
100
The character that disguises herself as a lawyer to help Antonio.
What is Portia?
200
This is the central idea in a literary work.
What is the theme?
200
excess
What is plethora?
200
This is what happens to the winner of the lottery in the short story by Shirley Jackson.
What is they are stoned to death?
200
Madame Schachter sees these in her mind while on the train to Auschwitz.
What are flames?
200
Shylock is forced to become what he hates at the end of the play.
What is a Christian?
300
When the author gives hints as to what is to come later in the story it is referred to as this.
What is foreshadowing?
300
basic
What is rudimentary?
300
This is what happened to both Charlie from Flowers and Leonard from Awakenings at the end of their stories.
What is they regress to the original state?
300
Throughout his imprisonment, Elie often questions this.
What is his faith in God?
300
Jessica takes this with her when she escapes her father's house.
What are ducats and jewels?
400
Words or phrases used to create a picture.
What is imagery?
400
ease of grief
What is solace?
400
The author of The Veldt.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
400
The "race toward death had begun" is an example of one of these.
What is a metaphor?
400
Shylock seals his bond with Antonio by asking this of Antonio if he is unable to pay back the bond.
What is a pound of flesh?
500
A person of high status that struggles due to a character flaw.
What is a tragic hero?
500
widespread
What is rampant?
500
This is what happens to George and Lydia at the end of The Veldt.
What is they get eaten by lions?
500
Elie Wiesel saw this staring back at him in the mirror at the end of his imprisonment.
What is a corpse?
500
Bassonio asks Antonio to lend him 3,000 ducats for this reason.
What is to marry Portia?
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