Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Texts & Authors
Grammar & Diagramming
Literary Periods
100
Over-confident and immature; conceited --- BRASH, INGENUOUS, CAPRICIOUS, SOPHOMORIC
Sophomoric
100
Jumping from the present to the past as a means of insight into a character's life or experience
Flashback
100
This author of "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" was an expat in paris and Cuba for much of his life.
Hemingway
100
A participle is a verb acting as a ____________; a gerund is a verb acting as a _____________; and an infinitive is a verb acting as a __________, _____________, or ___________.
Participle - adjective Gerund - noun Infinitive - adj, adv, noun
100
Which literary period began with the start of WWI and ended in the 1950s, reflecting the change in attitude and in history during this time, mirroring the chaos and combustion of events that left the world forever changed?
Modernism
200
loud and noisy; compelling attention -- VOLUMINOUS, APATHY, VOCIFEROUS, COPIOUS
Vociferous
200
The character who reflects the traits of the protagonist, acting as a mirror to them.
Foil Character
200
Harlem Renaissance author who is respected for poetry about struggle and pride as a way to overcome it
Claude McKay
200
What type of verbal is in the following sentence and what is the entire verbal phrase: Exhausted from the weekend, Cody went to bed at seven o'clock on Sunday night.
Participial Phrase: Exhausted from the weekend
200
Which literary period means "rebirth" and featured artists like Milton and Shakespeare?
Renaissance
300
suitable for consumption; agreeable to one's tastes or sensibilities -- OMNIPOTENT, RANCOR, POIGNANT, PALATABLE
Palatable
300
Point of view in which narration jumps around haphazardly from the past to the present to an imagined world, as if in a dream.
Stream of Consciousness
300
This author's wife was a muse for his most famous female character, based on her new-age image and charisma
Fitzgerald
300
I don't understand your anger about whatever happened. What is the noun clause and what part of the sentence does it function as in a sentence diagram?
"Whatever happened" - Object of the preposition
300
This literary period focuses on the tri-fold relationship between nature, God, and man, featuring the idea that you would rise above your physical being and instead see the world through the eyes of nature and God.
Transcendental
400
secret, concealed; underhanded -- ACRID, COMPUNCTION, CLANDESTINE, INDELIBLE
Clandestine
400
A coming of age novel
Bildungsroman
400
This author was incredibly private, dropped out of school as a young man, and did not allow his book to become a movie
J.D. Salinger
400
Adverb clauses are connected to independent clauses with ___________, whereas Adjective clauses are connected with ___________ or _____________.
Adverb Clause - subordinating conjunction Adjective Clause - relative pronoun/adverb
400
Which literary period is characterized by authors looking within, thus creating the complex character that we know today?
Romantic
500
inactive; at rest -- TANGIBLE, TRENCHANT, QUIESCENT, CAPRICIOUS
Quiescent
500
Describe the difference between slang, vernacular, and colloquialisms.
Slang - certain group/region, informal, words your grandma wouldn't understand (EX: "giving her the time," "tiffed" - Catcher) Vernacular - certain region, informal, how everyone in that region speaks (EX: "chewing the fat," "shoot the bull" - Catcher) Colloquialisms - use of informal words/sayings, not used as slang, in writing (EX: "grub" - to eat/what you eat)
500
This author wrote "A Raisin in the Sun" at the age of 29
Lorraine Hansberry
500
What is the difference between a compound sentence and a complex sentence?
Compound - two independent clauses Complex - independent plus dependent clause
500
Name three mini-movements that occurred during Modernism - two in New York and one in Paris.
The Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, and Lost Generation
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