Wordly Wise
Learnin' lit
of these three works
Genre
Genre or Lit term
100
Victor Frankenstein became ______________. He thought he knew more than his professors.
What is arrogant?
100
Language you cannot take literally
What is figurative language?
100
This real life person and event inspired Hawthorne to include Mistress Hibbins.
Who is Mary Hibbins, who was executed for witchcraft in 1652.
(half credit for knowing one)
100
The written story of a real person’s life?
What is a biography?
100
The central message, concern, or purpose of a story which the author wants the reader to learn
What is theme?
200
Words in a sentence, that help determine the meaning of a word, are known as __________ __________.
What are Context Clues?
200
In Pilgrim's Progress, when Christian desires freedom from his burden—itself symbolic of his sin—Evangelist instructs him to flee to the Wicket-gate, declaring that it’s the only place where he will find salvation. The wicket-gate symbolizes ______________ (who/what).
What is the savior of sinners?
or Who is Jesus Christ?
200
This is how most people die. Especially according to Jonathan Edwards
What is 'suddenly and unexpectedly'?
200
A story written to be performed on stage, focusing on dialogue and action.
What is a Drama / Play ?
200
A writer gives human traits to non-human things — like “the wind whispered.”
What is personification?
400
The term Naive means this
What is childlike innocence and not-knowing things?
400
The monster symbolizes ____, ____ 2 persons and he alludes to these 2 works ____, ____.
Who is Satan? Who is Adam?
The Bible & Milton's Paradise Lost
400
Both The Scarlet Letter (The Custom House Introduction) & Frankenstein (The captains letters) start with a different setting than the story within it...which is called this.
What is a Frame story?
400
When written about a historical event or figure but takes liberty with details or adds to it?
What is Historical Fiction?
400
Sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
600
The religious sect to which Hester Prynne belonged.
What are the Puritans?
600
Despite Edwards having read his sermon in a monotone voice with absolutely no facial expressions, the chant of the congregation when Jonathan Edwards preached was this.
....showing that _________ is very persuasive.
What is "What Shall I do to be saved"? It got so bad, Edwards stopped his sermon to ask the people to be more quiet.
Rhetoric (logos/pathos/ethos)600
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
The creature, true to romantic beliefs, did not become hostile until _________, thus demonstrating the tabula rasa belief, meaning ________
What is 'he was abused and rejected'…we are born with a ‘blank slate’ and therefore nurture (no such thing as a sin NATURE) or lack of nurture causes us to become bad.
600
A story intended to evoke suspense, terror, or fear in the reader.
What is Horror / Thriller ?
600
The main character of a story is called the ___. Who is the _____ of Frankenstein?
What is a protagonist ?
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
800
Both novels used "ignominious" which means this.
What is deserving of shame or disgrace; especially something that is publicly humiliating or dishonorable?
800
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Hester's cottage is on bare ground at the edge of the forest and serves as a ____for both (____ regarding the townspeople) and (____ regarding her isolation).
What is a SYMBOL that serves as both a REFUGE from the townspeople/judgement and a PRISON since she is ostracized?
800
Robert Walton was trying to do this ____ while sailing
North.
What is hoping to find uncharted lands and the "wondrous power which attracts the needle," seeking fame and glory?
(Walton serves as another foil to Frankenstein because he thinks about consequences of his crew before endangering them)
800
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! A story set entirely in a world governed by strict, often oppressive rules, or alternatively, a world of anarchy without rules
What is Dystopian Fiction?
800
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! For the romantic, Nature symbolizes this:
What is peace and happiness? Romantics avoided Scripture's (James 1) 'mirror' for knowing ourselves. They saw nature as a place to get in touch with the inner landscape of emotions. The Romantics proposed to replace the mechanistic metaphor of the Enlightenment with an organic metaphor—nature as alive, growing, free, imbued with spiritual force or life.