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What Literary Term Am I?
Poetry in Motion
Narrative Fiction
Shakespeare
Cultural Literacy
100
Uriah Heep is essentially the exact oposite of Agnes; their personalities contrast with each other. What literary term would this be?
What is foil?
100
What is a villanelle?
What is 19 line poem divided into six stanzas: five tercets and a concluding quatrain?
100
where is this from? Gabriel tried to cover his agitation by taking part in the dance with great energy. He avoided her eyes for he had seen a sour expression on her face. But when they met in the long chain he was surprised to feel his hand firmly pressed. She looked at him from under her brows for a moment quizzically until he smiled. Then, just as the chain was about to start again, she stood on tiptoe and whispered into his ear: "West Briton!"
What is The Dead by James Joyce?
100
From which Shakespeare play is this (and who spoke these lines)? "As flies to wanton boys we are to the gods/ They Kill us for their sport."
What is King Lear? The lines were spoken by the Earl of Gloucester.
100
Who wrote Peter Pan?
What is J.M. Barrie?
200
The story begins with the discovery of a young woman's dead body. After the murderer reveals himself, he narrates his reasons for the murder and how the incident occurred.
What is flashback?
200
What is the rhyme scheme of the spencerian sonnet?
What is ababbcbccdcdee?
200
Which character had a prosthetic leg that got "shot off" in a hunting accident and was later stole by a bible salesman? What was her original name?
What is Hulga? What is Joy?
200
What is the name of he Prince of Norway in Hamlet?
What is Fortinbras?
200
Where is this from? "My head is bloody but unbowed... I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul"
What is Invictus by William Ernest Henley?
300
"A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted Has thou, the master-mistress of my passion; A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted With shifting change,as is false women's fashion;
What is femenine rhyme?
300
Describe the allegorical meaning behind Stopping by Snowy Evening?
Within Robert Frosts’ poem, the main source of figurative language is symbolism; the poem is in reality an allegorical poem, about a man’s encounter with his own death. The first symbol encountered within the poem is that of the woods, which have not merely come to represent places of treachery and danger within common folklore, but also alludes to the story of The Devil and Tom Walker and Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, where the woods are portrayed as the antechamber of the underworld (hell). Within the story of Tom Walker, the woods are not merely and antechamber to hell, but also a place where the Devil, commonly thrives. The speaker of the story suspects/knows the lore of the creature that dwells in the woods, but knows his home is in sin and discord, unoccupied they must thus be, for it is in the village that the creature resides. The speaker stands, seemingly unseen, to watch the woods as they fill with snow, with snow being a symbol of death, coldness, thus the falling flakes of snow are fallen souls. Robert Frost also makes the mention of his horse, who thinks is strange for also they observe the march of the dead, no animals seem to be near, alluding to the belief that only humans, created in God’s image (in other words, given a spirit/soul), posses a soul; animals and other creatures simply sink in the oblivion. The speaker than soon ends with the words “I have promises to keep, before I sleep”… signifying that he still has amends and deeds (good deeds) to be resolved before he dies (eternal sleep).
300
What was discovered in the locked room, after Emily's death in A Rose for Emily? Who wrote this story?
What is the dead body of Homer Barron, a man who Emily had developed an interest in and poisoned (and later kept his body in a room with for several years)? William Faulkner wrote this story.
300
Who proposes a possible reason for the apparition of the ghost ? What does this person propose?
What is Horatio? Horatio proposes that the Ghost of Hamlet (Senior) has appeared in armor as an omen of upcoming war because it was the same he used in several battles, including the war in which he defeated Fortinbras (Senior ) and gained land from Norway.
300
Where is this line from? Which character said it/ Who was the author? "It is a far, far better thing to do, that I have done."
What is A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens? The phrase is mentioned by Sydney Carton as he gives his life in exchange for that of Charles Darnay.
400
The Comedy of Erros by William Shakespeare
What is Farce?
400
What is the rhythm and meter of these lines: I was angry with my friend...
What is trochaic tetrameter?
400
Which story is this from? "Oh little boy!" ..."Here's a bright new penny for you", and she held out he coin, which shone bronze in the dim light...Julian saw the black fist swing out with the red pocket book...
What is Everything that Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor?
400
Explain the relationship between Hamlet's (and his father's) name (the denotation of the word that composes it) and one of the major themes of the play. Hint: There's a cult. lit. quote making reference to the answer.
The name Hamlet parallels the word hamlet, which means "small village", this correlates the quote "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" and how the state and the family equate each other (synecdoche: the royal family represents the state). This quote makes reference to the turmoil occurring within the royal family (and thus in Denmark in general), the ultimate destruction of the entire family and the acquisition of Danish state by the prince of Norway.
400
Complete the line: "Though I've belted you an' flayed you By the living Gawd that made you You're a better man than I am ----.
What is Gunga Din?
500
It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pul with grief, That thou her maid art more fair that she: Be vestal livery is but sick nd green And more none but fools do wear; cast it off.
What is Extended Metaphor?
500
What poet type is this? When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves Which erst from heat did canopy the herd, And summer's green all girded up in sheaves Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard, Then of thy beauty do I question make, That thou among the wastes of time must go, Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake And die as fast as they see others grow; And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence
What is sonnet?
500
Explain the allegorical meaning behind Kafka's Metamorphosis.
Essentially, the first clue as to the allegorical meaning of this story is the small footnote in the first page of the story, which indicates that the closest English word to "ungeziefer" is vermin, which carries a negative connotation. And so Gregor turns into this "vermin", that eats rotten food (also, everyone is disgusted by him) and has an apple stuck in its back (an apple being a symbol o sin); in essence, we now he is not a very good person. Gregor certainly had some odd behavior around his sister, particularly when he pictures what would happen after he told his sister that he was planning to send her to music school... "after his declaration, his sister would surely burst into tears of emotion, and Gregor would lift himself up to her shoulder and kiss her neck, which she now left uncovered"... All of this seems to point to the fact that Gregor had inappropriate feelings towards his sister. Once he dies all three remaining family members leave the apartment and take a trolley ride on a bright new day, comfortable and happy, and it occurs to Mr. and Mrs. Samsa that Grete had developed into a pretty young woman and was ready for marriage. The context and descriptions used in the final paragraph suggests that after Gregor's death they were all happy and everything seemed right; they were released from the burden that he was upon the family.
500
Name the prophecies of the witches in Macbeth (the three they made later in the play---not in the beginning), including what each apparition represented/symbolized.
1)The first apparition is and armed head (representing Macduff) ---"Beware Macduff, Beware the Thane of Fife!" 2) The second apparition is a bloody child---"The power of man, for none of woman born/Shall harm Macbeth" (representing Macduff as a child/born) 3) The third apparition is a child wearing a crown and with a tree in his hand---"Macbeth shall never vanquished be, until/ Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinaine Hill/ Shall come against him." (Representing Malcolm and the army he would bring against him behind the cover of the branches of the Birnam Wood).
500
What is a Slough of Despond? From what work is this phrase and who was the author?
What is a bog of discouragement? It figures in The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan. The main character loses heart and temporarily abandons his journey to the Celestial City when he encounters the Slough. Figuratively, a "slough of despond" is any serious depression or discouragement.