Figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics
What is personification
100
Define aloof
Apart, reserved
100
Writing that appeals to one or more of the five senses
What is imagery
100
The central character of the novel
Who is Okonkwo
200
Italicize or quotation marks: The title of a play
Italicize
200
A self-contradictory combination of words or similar verbal units
What is an oxymoron
200
Define affable
Easily approachable, very friendly
200
A poem’s rhythmical pattern determined by the number of beats in each line
What is meter
200
A boy of fourteen given to the village (Umoufia) (Ooh-mooh-fyah) by a neighboring village to avoid war
Who is Ikemefuna
300
Write out the proper citation for this quote located on page 44 of The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie:
Then he cut into it, and got a mouthful of tiny bones.
"Then he cut into it, and got a mouthful of tiny bones" (Rushdie 44).
300
A lengthy speech delivered by one character in the presence of other characters
What is a monologue
300
Define reticence
Uncommunicativeness; reserve, inclination to silence
300
A grouping of lines in poetry that usually have the same meter and rhyme
What is a stanza
300
DAILY DOUBLE
Okonkwo’s best friend in Umoufia. The father of Maduka (son) and Ekuwke (daughter)
Who is Obierika
400
Do you underline or italicize the title of an essay you write for class?
Neither - leave it alone!
400
DAILY DOUBLE
The following statement is an example of what literary device:
"I must be cruel to be kind" - Shakespeare's Hamlet
What is a paradox
400
Define scrupulous
Conscientious; extremely thorough
400
Four lines of rhyming poetry, usually of the same length and rhythm
What is a quatrain
400
The first white Christian missionary in Umoufia
Who is Mr. Brown
500
Italicize or quotation marks: The title of an article from The New York Times
Quotation marks
500
The contrast between what actually happens and what is expected to happen—when the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens
What is situational irony
500
Define provincial
Limited in outlook; unsophisticated
500
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG is the rhyme scheme of this type of poem
What is a sonnet
500
A village widow who is also the priestess of Agbala