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Literary Movements
Elements
Point of View
Reads: Author / Work / Character
Miscellaneous
100

comedies, tragedies, or histories with five acts and recurring themes written in iambic pentameter

Shakespearean drama

100
This occurs when the reader knows more than the characters do.
dramatic irony
100

a point of view that is often unreliable or biased; has "I," "me," or "my" as the pronouns.

first person

100

The master of Gothic literature

Edgar Allan Poe

100

"Here once the embattled farmers stood, / And fired the shot heard 'round the world."

Hyperbole or slant / eye rhyme

200

Romantic ideals combined with remote setting, macabre plots, and protagonists with psychological problems comprise this style of writing.

Gothic Literature

200

This element occurs when something expected doesn't happen and something else does.

situational irony

200

this viewpoint is third person, but restricts the reader to only one character's thoughts, feelings, and actions

third person limited

200

Who said it and in what work? "Good night, sweet Prince, and flights of angels flights of angels sing thee to thy death."

Horatio in Hamlet

200

A poem that divides its stanzas into an octave and a sestet

Italian / Petrarchan sonnet

300

a 19th century movement emphasizing the power of the individual and nature

Romanticism

300

an absurd, self-contradictory statement that can prove true upon investigation

paradox

300

this narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of every character

third omniscient

300

From what play is this dialogue?

But this is disgraceful. Is this the way you neglect your most sacred duties?

What do you consider is my most sacred duty?

A Doll's House

300
Name the play and speaker for the following quote:  "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."

Hamlet said by Marcellus

400
this movement favors freedom of action over state control and emphasizes the moral worth of each person

Social Realism

400

a story or poem that can be interpreted on a surface level and a deeper level

allegory

400

This viewpoint appears to be spontaneous as the narrator flits from topic to topic, but it is done purposefully for effect.

stream-of-consciousness

400

A Norwegian playwright whose most famous play opened and closed in one night as he was banished from the country.

Henrik Ibsen

400

the term that applies to a character who is morally good but falters, and then becomes good before the end of the play

peripeteia

500

1920s movement associated with The Great Migration bringing African American culture to large cities

Harlem Renaissance

500

a style in which conjunctions are omitted in writing for an effect

asyndeton

500
This viewpoint offers the facts, and only the facts.

Objective

500

An Irish playwright who was openly gay and banished for his flamboyant affairs-- wrote The Importance of Being Earnest.

Oscar Wilde

500

a poem about lovers who have to part at dawn

aubade