Which Romantic writer had a club foot and an affair with his half sister?
Lord Byron
100
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Sense and Sensibility
100
a literary device wherein the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect.
Hyperbole
100
The film "Clueless" is based on what novel?
Emma, Jane Austen
200
Samuel Clements is the birth name of what American author?
Mark Twain
200
Which American poet is known for his lack of capitalization in his name as well as his poetry?
e.e. cummings
200
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Bleak House
200
a figure of speech whereby the author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or literary work by way of a passing reference. It is up to the reader to make a connection to the subject being mentioned.
Allusion
200
The film "10 Things I Hate About You" is based on what play?
Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare
300
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is the birth name of what British author?
Lewis Carroll
300
Where is the Poet's Corner?
Westminster Abbey. Chaucer was the first poet to be buried in Westminster Abbey—initiating the Poets’ Corner. Today there are 29 poets buried and 55 poets commemorated in the Poets’ Corner.
300
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Things Fall Apart
300
In literature, this device refers to the practice of joining together two or more words in order to create an entirely new word.
Portmanteau
300
Apocolypse Now is based on what novel?
Heart of Darkness
400
Currer Bell was the pen name of what female novelist?
Charlotte Bronte
400
Which two Romantic poets were only 5 feet tall?
John Keats and William Blake
400
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Slaughterhouse Five
400
a practice in literature whereby the author purposely leaves out conjunctions in the sentence, while maintaining the grammatical accuracy of the phrase.
Asyndeton
400
Blade Runner is based on what novel?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
500
Mary Ann Evans is the birth name of what British author?
George Eliot
500
Who is the best selling author in English of all time?
Agatha Christie
500
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Canterbury Tales
500
Refers to a form of writing, mostly poetry, wherein the author describes another work of art, usually visual.