The Iceberg
Unethical Studies
Literary Terms-3
Literary Terms-4
Literary Terms-5
100

Hunger = stuff your face anytime and anywhere

What is the ID?

100

What word was used for the procedure that used a long sharp instrument to damage a part of the brain?

What is a lobotomy? 

100
Example: Jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron
100
The highest point of intensity in a short story.
What is the climax
100
Example: Don't judge a book by its cover.
What is a cliché
200

Greed = I will only spend money that I earned through honest labour.

What is the Superego?

200

What was created to stop the practice of unethical studies?

What is the Belmont Report?

200
A humorous word or phrase that depends on a double meaning, either from a second meaning of the same word, or from the meaning of another word with a similar sound.
What is a pun
200
A technique used in which a writer will plant clues or subtle indications about events that will happen later in the narrative.
What is foreshadowing
200
Something that stands for something more than itself.
What is a symbol
300

Political Power = I will campaign for an elected office.

What is the Ego?

300
A story or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral.
What is an allegory
300
The insight about life that is revealed in a literary work.
What is theme
300
A difference between what happens and what would be expected to happen.
What is situational irony. Example: A student studies for days for an English test, but sleeps in the morning of the test, shows up late for class, and fails the test.
400

Greed = When I want something, I will use a credit card or get a loan.

What is the Ego?

400
The specialized language, often technical terms, of a particular group or profession.
What is jargon
400
A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events.
What is an anti-climax
400
A sudden perception, interpretation, or enlightenment experienced by a character in literature.
What is an epiphany
400
Example: He was no Michael Jordan, but he could shoot a basketball.
What is an allusion
500

Competition = I will focus only on my game and practice longer and harder than anyone else.

What is the Superego?

500
A type of poem that does not have any regular, recurring pattern of rhythm or rhyme.
What is free verse
500
Example: Freedom weeps, wrong rules the land, and waiting justice sleeps
What is personification
500
A relatively short narrative poem, written to be sung, with a simple and dramatic action
What is a ballad (rarely taught in school, but often comes up as a distractor on the exam)
500
Example: Oprah did okay
What is an understatement
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