SOH
MSND
Lit Terms
Lit Terms P2
Grammar
100

What is the genre of SOH

Epic Poem

100

What is the genre of MSND

Romantic Comedy 

100

A comparison using “like” or “as”


Simile 

100

What is a metaphor? 

A comparison without using "like" or "as"
100

What does an adverb modify? Give an example 

Verbs, Adverbs, and Adjectives

 Ex: The dog quickly ran to the store 

200

What is Hiawatha's rite of passage?

Killing the red deer

200

Who does Egeus want his daughter to marry? 

Demetrius 

200

When two characters contrast with each other...

Foil Pair 

200

What is personification? 

Giving a thing/idea human characteristics 

200

The soup smells delicious--is the verb in that sentence linking or action?

linking 

300

Killing mondamin represents....

farming/gardening 

300

How many weddings occur in MSND

3

300

Two or more characters speak to each other, like a conversation

Dialogue 

300

What is verbal irony?

When someone says the opposite of what they mean 

300

which part of speech can replace a noun?

a pronoun 

400

How does Hiawatha and Minnehaha show respect to the guests at their wedding?

By serving them food silently 

400

At the climax of the play, who is in love with Hermia

No one

400
What is prose? How does Shakespeare use prose is MSND

Ordinary writing--Shakespeare uses it to show lower education 

400

What is Alliteration? Give an example

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds ex: sally sells seashells 

400

What questions do adjectives answer? 

what kind

which one

how many

how much 

whose

500

How does Hiawatha show respect to nature?

By asking nature for permission before taking materials 

500

Define dramatic irony and give an example of it from the play

When the audience knows more than the characters on stage--when we know there are multiple people in the woods wearing Athenian garments. 

500

What is the difference between a soliloquy and a monologue? Give an example of each from MSND

Mono: One character speaks for an extended time to other characters on stage 

Solil: When a character speaks alone on stage and reveals their inner thoughts/feelings 

Mono: Titania talking to Oberon about the weather

Solil: Hermia talking about her dream  

500
What is the definition of an epic poem? (Name ALL parts)

A long, narrative poem that includes heroic deeds, intense adventures, and cultural significance. 


500

What questions do adverbs answer?

where, when, how, how often, and to what extent? 

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