Literary Concepts
What is the term for the central idea or message in a story?
Theme
What is a long speech by one character on stage called?
Monologue
What theme is introduced in the very first line of the novel?
Marriage
Which country symbolizes passion and indulgence?
Egypt
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
This is the first sentence of what novel?
Pride and Prejudice
What do you call language that appeals to the senses?
Imagery
“The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew…” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What sound device is used here?
Alliteration
Who is Jane’s love interest?
Charles Bingley
What is the name of Antony’s deceased wife?
Fulvia
What colour is associated with envy in literature and idioms?
Green
What is the use of hints about future events in a story?
Foreshadowing
“Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me.” – Emily Dickinson
What literary device is used to present Death?
Personification
What is the name of the Bennet family estate?
Longbourn
What are the names of Cleopatra’s two main attendants in Antony and Cleopatra?
Charmian and Iras
What is the name of the Roman leader Cleopatra previously had a child with before Antony?
Julius Caesar
What is the term for a reference to another work or historical figure?
Allusion
What is a play that ends in suffering or death of the protagonist?
Tragedy
Who proposes to Elizabeth and gets rejected?
William Collins
What is the term for the political alliance between Antony, Octavius Caesar, and Lepidus?
Triumvirate
What was Jane Austen’s original title for Pride and Prejudice?
First Impressions
What kind of irony occurs when the audience knows something the character does not?
Dramatic Irony
What is the term for a humorous scene or character that appears in a serious or tragic work to relieve tension?
Comic Relief
What is Mr. Darcy’s first name?
Fitzwilliam
What is the literary term for excessive pride or arrogance that often leads to a character’s downfall?
Hubris
Who invented the name "Jessica"?
William Shakespeare