All about Authors
This author, born in Georgia, was shot with a BB Gun when she was young. However, she did not let this stand in the way of her literary career.
Who is Alice Walker.
This is a 14-line poem that is written in iambic pentameter and ends in a rhyming couplet?
(BE Specific about the country)
English sonnet or Renaissance sonnet
Two devices that have to do with the structure of poetry-one in which there is a pause in the middle of the line and one in which a sentence starts at the beginning of one line then continues on to the next.
caesura and enjambment
Most colleges in Georgia --with the exception of UGA, Emory, and Georgia Tech--require this overall score on the AP Literature and Composition in order to exempt the English class at college.
What is a "3" OR ABOVE?
Name the three largest public Universities (by enrollment) in Georgia
What are the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Kennesaw State University (KSU) and the University of Georgia (UGA).
This person was a famous African American author who wrote "Sonny's Blues" and other short stories and novels that address the black experience in America.
Who is James Baldwin?
Why did the narrator never share "Sister's" name in Why I live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty?
It was intentional because "Sister" felt so overlooked and insignificant as a family member that the narrator didn't even share her name.
"Give me your ears" when you are referring to wanting someone's full attention or
"Wheels" when they are referring a car
(as a part to a whole)
metonymy
How much is the restocking fee if you don't show up for the test?
What is $40?
In poetry, what are three major TYPE of shifts from one stanza to the next (etc. shifts in _, _, or _)
shifts in speaker, shift in tense, shifts in time, shifts in topic, etc. (THE TEACHER can approve other answers).
This author was abused by his father and neglected by his father the majority of his childhood--which led to his fatalistic perspective demonstrated throughout the Novella, "The Metamorphosis."
Who is Franz Kafka
Name three of the the motifs used throughout Macbeth (a repeating symbol within a given text).
blood, sleep, and clothing
Name at least three literary devices that would fall under the category of comparison and contrast.
simile
analogy
paradox
oxymoron
metaphor
antithesis
juxtaposition
How much does the multiple choice test count and how much does the essay part count in percentages?
The multiple choice counts 45%.
The essay counts as 55% of the overall score.
Name three types of Closed form poetry (e.g. Italian sonnet, ____, and _____).
villanelle
ode
haiku
elegy
English sonnet
dramatic monologue
sestina
limerick
sestina
This gothic author wrote the short story "The Lottery" to serve as an example of what can happen when people do not stand up for their neighbors.
Who is Shirley Jackson
The "Story of an Hour" is a story that features what type of irony when the reader realizes the widow is relieved when she thinks her husband was dead--but disappointed when she realizes he is really alive.
what is situational irony
(the team that answers this correctly can get extra points by defining dramatic irony and giving an example)
The most well known example of _______ comes from Yoda's dialogue in Star Wars. "The greatest teacher, failure is." In this example, Yoda puts the object (the greatest teacher) of the sentence before the subject (failure) and the verb (is).
Second example: to the media center I will go.
What is anastrophe?
How much can you save on a college class if you do get a "3" or above on the AP Test?
What is $800 to $1,100 in tuition?
Both Macbeth and Banquo began the play The Tragedy of Macbeth with honor and glory. However, Macbeth went astray while Banquo stayed true. In this context, one can characterize these two as what type of literary device?
Other examples are Gatsby and Nick from the Great Gatsby and Romeo and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet.
What is a foil?
This poet is best known for her Villanelle "One Art" a poem about loving and losing people and things.
It begins
Lose something every day...
Who is Elizabeth Bishop?
Animal Farm, and The Crucible are both examples of this sub-genre of fiction--in which the characters in the book reflect real people and events that occurred in history.
What is an Allegory?
This literary device refers to an incidence in which an author talks to something or someone who is not able to talk back.
What is apostrophe?
Describe the three different Essay Prompts you will receive for the essays.
Literary analysis of a poem (FRE1)
Literary analysis of an excerpt from a short story, play, or novel (FRE2)
Open-ended topic question (FRE3) when a students is given a subject and they have to write about a play or a novel (no short stories) that fits this topic.
In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, who do you think was the most dynamic (a character that changes throughout the story) character and why
Gregor
Grete
Mr. Samsa
Mrs. Samsa
answers will vary-- but you have to say who and how to get full credit.