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LITERARY TERMS
LITERARY TERMS
PERIODS OF AM LIT
Writing
Wild Card Trivia
100

A technique used by writers such as Patrick Henry, suggestion that their arguments make the answer obvious or self-evident. These questions do not require a reply.

What is a rhetorical question?

100
A character in the story who speaks directly to us and uses I
What is First Person Point of View?
100

This period of American literature highlights the grotesque side of humanity and nature

What is Dark Romanticism?

100

Your CEI should begin with a what?

What is a claim?

100

What state was Taylor Swift born in?

What is Pennsylvania?

200

A writer's attitude toward his subject, communicated through diction, choice of details, or direct statements of his or her position. It reflects the feelings of the writer.

What is tone?

200
The author uses descriptive or figurative language to create word pictures for the reader.
What is imagery?
200

"He tried to poke them together again, but in spite of the tenseness of the effort, his shivering got away with him and the twigs were hopelessly scattered. Each twig gushed a puff of smoke and went out." In this passage from the _____ period, the writer views life as a losing battle against an uncaring universe. This literary period values true- to- life plots and everyday people.

What is Realism?

200

In this type of writing, you should use dialogue and descriptive details.

What is narrative?

200

What baseball team does Mrs. Marsh's nephew play for? 

Phillies

300

Hints and clues in the text about what is going to happen next

What is foreshadowing?

300

An appeal to emotions

What is pathos?

300
Writers from this time period, including Jonathan Edwards, William Bradford, and Anne Bradstreet, share religious enlightenment and provide a history of the time.
Who are Puritan writers?
300

This type of writing includes an introduction, three CEI paragraphs and a conclusion and educates the reader with straightforward information.

What is a informative writing?

300

The unicorn is the national animal of which country?

What is Scotland? 

400
The use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related. An examples is seen in Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing" as he uses the gerund phrases: I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singinghis as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
What is parallelism?
400
"Small yellow creatures bob like dandelions in the field," is an example of the use of what literary device.
What is a Simile?
400

Works of this period included political statements, pamphlets, letters, and the like. Major writers during this time period, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, and Benjamin Franklin, were concerned with government and society.

What is Rationalism (Colonial Period)?

400

This type of writing must always consider the other side's claim. 

What is argumentative writing?

400

What is the only edible food that never 'goes bad'?

What is honey?

500

An exaggeration 

What is a hyperbole?

500

A lengthy comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as. There were many of these in Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain"

What is an extended metaphor?

500

This literary genre valued nature and individuality. Writers included Emerson and Thoreau.

What is Transcendentalism?

500

What should you include in your writing after every piece of evidence in parenthesis? 

What is MLA citation?

500

What is Mrs. Marsh's favorite Disney character? *If I don't teach you, best of luck! :-) Hint: T

Tinkerbell