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Literary Periods
Literary Terms
Conventions
Elements of Literature
Wild Card
100
This literary period believed in the unity of all creation and that human nature contained something that goes beyond ordinary experience.
What is Transcendentalism
100
A quirky saying or expression specific to a language.
What is an idiom?
100

Identify the error in the phrase: 

"I told him to hurry it up." 

What is a split infinitive? 

100
A brief account of an interesting event, either personal or factual.
What is Anecdote
100

Who wrote " Because I could not stop for death..." 

Who is Emily Dickenson? 

200

Sermons are popular in this period of Literature

What is Puritan Literature? 

200
A contrast between appearance and reality.
What is Irony
200
What is an action verb that has a direct object is known as.
What is Transitive.
200
The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character, either through inferences or directly
What is Characterization
200

What teams made the NCAA playoffs?

Who are Texas, Alabama, Washington, Michigan?  

300

"Common Sense" and "Speech to the Second Virginia Convention" are examples of this literary period.

What is Revolutionary Literature

300
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, to make a point, or to evoke humor.
What is Hyperbole
300

What part of speech is "aggressively"

What is an adverb? 

300
The central struggle between two opposing forces in a story.
What is Conflict
300

What era of American Literature are we in today?

What is Multiculturalism? 

400

"The Masque of the Red Death" is an example of this type of literature.

What is Romanticism

400
A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined.
What is Oxymoron
400
When they finally breached the walls of Massada in A.D. 73. The Romans were amazed at what they found. Identify the type of error in the sentence/passage.
What is a Sentence Fragment
400
Writing or speech that tells a story.
What is Narrative
400

Who is the greatest basketball player of all time? 

Who is King LeBron James?  
500

Huckleberry Finn is an example of this type of literature.

What is Realism/Naturalism

500
Part of the plot in which actions, complications, and plot twists lead up to the climax.
What is Rising Action
500
Original sources of information; anything from firsthand documents, such as poems, diaries, court records, documents, and interviews to research results generated by experiments, surveys, etc.
What is a Primary Source
500
The central message of a work of literature that readers can apply to life.
What is Theme
500
Name 4 of the 8 Ivy League universities in the U.S.
What is Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Cornell