Gothic Literature
Rhetoric
Misc
Poetry/ Novels in Verse
Romeo & Juliet
100
Name one difference between Gothic Literature and Horror genres.
*teacher determines if correct*
100
Rhetoric is often used in speeches, commercials, and advertisements. This is the purpose of rhetoric in these examples.
to persuade you of something
100
In September, you wrote a memoir that consisted of how many words?
6
100
True or false: In order to be considered a poem, a written piece must either rhyme or be written in a specific shape
false
100
The two feuding families the story is based on.
Montagues and the Capulets
200
This famous author is one of the best known Gothic writers, famous for stories such as The Raven, Annabel Lee, and The Tell-Tale Heart. *Answer must be full name*
Edgar Allen Poe
200
If someone is including "Logos" in a speech, they are including details that do this.
Using logic, data, scientific facts, etc.
200
Our Humans of New York response was what type of writing? (hint: two word answer)
personal narrative
200
True or false: When reading a novel in verse, you stop/pause at each space or end of line of text on the page, even when it is in the middle of the sentence.
false - you read with the punctuation like you would with anything else
200
Romeo is doing this when he listens in on Juliet speaking aloud to herself, while he is hiding in her family's garden and she doesn't know he is there.
DAILY DOUBLE if you can tell us what was Juliet saying when Romeo was listening to her
eavesdropping
BONUS: she wished he was not a Montague because his name makes their relationship complicated
300
Name the three types of irony discussed in The Cask of Amontillado.
verbal, situational, dramatic
300
This is the type of rhetoric that includes feelings, usually appealing to the emotions of others.
pathos
300
In The Wave, what is the name of David's girlfriend, the editor of the school newspaper?
Bonus points if you remember her last name too!
Laurie Saunders
300
This is what we call writing when it is descriptive of how a scene or object looks, with the idea that it helps us to see it in our minds.
imagery
300
In the play, this character was the one to deliver the incorrect news to Romeo informing him of Juliet's death, causing Romeo to return to Mantua with poison and take his own life.
Balthazar/ Romeo's servant
400
In this story, Billy Weaver is a young man traveling for work who decides to stay at a Bed and Breakfast one rainy night, after seeing a cozy fire in the living room and a cute little dog curled up by it.
DAILY DOUBLE if you can name what he said the tea served to him tasted like.
The Landlady
BONUS: bitter almonds
400
This is the type of rhetoric where a reliable and well-known source, celebrity, or expert shares their opinion/ expresses their support about what is being said.
ethos
400
Sir Nicholas Winton saved children in Czechoslovakia by transporting them in what mode of transportation?
train
400
This is the name of a poem written with a word going vertically (up and down) and other words/ phrases intersecting with each letter written horizontally (side to side).
acrostic
400
Shakespeare often wrote in a pattern with a rhythm, where every other syllable had emphasis, called iambic pentameter. It includes this many syllables per line.
10
500
This is the term used when we talk about whether or not the reader can trust the person telling the story, especially important in Gothic Literature. (Do we believe what they are saying, can we trust they are telling the truth?)
narrator reliability
500
Name the type of rhetoric seen here:
pathos
500
This is the highest level on the Pyramid of Hate.
genocide
500
This means the implied, or culturally relevant meaning of a word. Not what the dictionary definition states.
connotation
500
In Shakespeare's plays, this is when a character talks directly to the audience and the other characters cannot hear this character talking to the audience.
aside