Literary Terms
What is a theme?
The main message of the literary work. Sometimes it's hidden and the reader has to look for it in the text.
Which text type has the following characteristics?
- longer than a short story
- shorter than a novel
- prose
Novella
What are the subgenres of DRAMA?
Comedy & Tragedy
What is the author's purpose?
His intention
Why he wrote something
What should the reader do with the text
True or false?
Miss Dominová comes from Bratislava.
True!
What is the setting of Harry Potter?
the UK - Hogwarts, 1990s
The longest love poem in the world is called
Marína
What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?
Biography: Writing about someone else’s life
Autobiography: life story written by one’s self
What is the purpose of a hoax?
to persuade
to disinform
Miss Dominová's dog is named:
a) Pedro
b) Juan
c) José
José
What is the difference between a protagonist and an antagonist?
Protagonist = the main character (usually the good guy = hero)
Antagonist = creates the conflict for the protagonists (usually the villain)
True or false?
Romance is a long literary text that has a lot of characters that go through some kind of development.
False!
Romance is not the same thing as a NOVEL.
What is the moral of the fable about the tortoise and the hare?
a) Make sure you're seeking revenge on the right person
b) Be careful what you wish for
c) You can be more successful by doing things slowly and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly.
You can be more successful by doing things slowly and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly.
Guess the purpose of this text:
A menu for a local pizzeria listing the sizes and prices of pizzas and available toppings
Inform
Apart from English, Mrs. Dominová studied and therefore speaks:
a) French
b) Spanish
c) Russian
Russian (although not fluently anymore)
What are the 5 parts of the plot?
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
What does the essay's length depend on?
Wordcount
Here are the characteristics of a subgenre LEGEND:
(Based on a real person or place • Facts are stretched beyond nonfiction • Exaggerated in a serious way)
What do you think the GENRE of legends is?
Folklore
A children’s book about a cherry pie and an apple pie that overcome their differences to become good friends
Her favorite band is:
a) Nirvana
b) Evanescence
c) The Rolling Stones
Evanescence
What does it mean omniscient and to which literary term does it refer to?
3rd person narrator = Point of View
What is the difference between a long poem and a short story, if they're of the same length?
prose & poetry
prose = plot, sentences & paragraphs, straightforward language, the most important thing: message to the reader
poetry = rhyme, lines and stanzas, decorative language, the most important thing: to express the feelings with the beauty of words
What are these mythological characters gods/godesses of?
a) Aphrodite
b) Ares
c) Poseidon
Aphrodite = love
Ares = war
Poseidon = sea
A cell phone application that suggests dozens of recipes based on what ingredients you have
Inform
Her favorite book is:
a) George Orwell's Animal Farm
b) Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility
c) William Shakespeare's Othello
Othello!