Literary Terms/Devices
The author's message to the reader, summed up in one sentence.
What is a theme?
"He should be fired because he's a big meanie." is an example of...?
What is name calling/ad hominem?
What is false?
Give an example of a type of character typically found in a Gothic novel.
What is a ghost/spirit/monster/vampire/etc.?
"Research suggests that excessive homework might not necessarily correlate with improved academic performance" is an example of...
What is logos?
A speech by a character in a play, spoken to themselves.
What is a soliloquy?
"'Even in Arcadia' by Sleep Token is currently the #1 album on the Billboard 200. It seems like everyone is listening to it, and you should too!" is an example of...
What is bandwagon?
Dystopias use this type of control when they control society through products, advertising, and the media.
What is corporate control?
This is a setting where Gothic novels often take place.
What is a spooky castle/stately home?
"Think about how students feel when they have piles of homework every night; it's stressful, and it makes us more overwhelmed than eager to learn the concepts that you want us to learn" is an example of...
What is pathos?
"She was beginning to shriek now, sitting there like a wax doll melting in its own heat." is an example of...
What is a simile?
"LeBron James loves to eat Takis, and you should too!" is an example of...
What is a testimonial?
This is the type of control that a dystopia uses if everyone has a TV screen attached to their heads.
What is technological control?
What is before?
"I know that my math homework is always more confusing to me than it is clarifying." is an example of...
What is ethos?
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair" is an example of...
"There are no security concerns with TikTok.""
"Are you even a U.S. citizen?"
is an example of...
What is a red herring?
This is a character in a dystopian story who begins to question the world around them.
What is the curious individual/dystopian protagonist?
What is an example of a type of weather common in a Gothic novel?
What is stormy/windy/dark?
"It's time to think about this now, especially since we are in a digital age that makes cheating on homework that much easier" is an example of...
What is kairos?
Appearance vs. reality and light vs. dark are examples of _________ in Macbeth.
What are juxtapositions?
"All rich people are so spoiled!" is an example of...
What is a sweeping generalization?
The purpose of a dystopian book is to magnify or comment on a _______ in society.
What is a fatal flaw?
Rather than speaking in standard English, characters in Gothic literature typically speak in this manner.
What is formally/flowery?
"Imagine a child coming home after eight hours of school, exhausted and mentally drained. The stress builds, the tears come, and the joy of learning fades. Is that the kind of childhood we want to give our students?" is an example of...
What is pathos?