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Greek Mythology
100
Anonymously written.
What is Beowulf?
100
A brief or casual reference to a famous person, historical event, place or work of art.
What is allusion?
100
12 apostles, betrayed Jesus, a name used for one who betrays another.
What is Judas Iscariot?
100
This man came home to die in Robert Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man".
What is Silas?
100
Nation of woman warriors that cut of their breasts in order to more efficiently use a bone and arrow in battle.
What is Amazon?
200
In "The Stranger" by Albert Camus this man laments his dog running away.
What is Salamano?
200
Short verbal accounting of a funny, amusing, interesting event or incident.
What is Anecdote?
200
Used to mean a traitor.
What is Benedict Arnold?
200
This poem was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and was based on a mariner committing sin to nature by killing an albatross.
What is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
200
Nine goddesses who ruled the arts and particularly associated with poetry, sources of artistic inspiration.
What is Muses?
300
This novel from 1823 is both Romantic and a Gothic novel.
What is "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley?
300
Asking a question and immediately answering it.
What is Hypophora?
300
Temptations that will take you away from safety and towards a destructive path.
What is Sirens?
300
"The Death of the Hired Man" by Robert Frost is a.
What is a narrative poem ?
300
Mythological birds with woman's faces who stole food from Phineus.
What is Harpies?
400
Won a Nobel Prize for literature in 1957.
What is Albert Camus?
400
Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order.
What is Antimetabole?
400
Harsh, cruel, or demanding person in authority.
What is Simon Legree?
400
In "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge the Ancient mariner compares himself to these things in the sea.
What is "slimy things"?
400
Name of the sword that Arthur pulled from the stone indicating that he was the ruler of Britain.
What is Excalibur?
500
Charles Dickens chose to center this novel on the wealthy-middle class rather than lower classes.
What is "Hard Times"?
500
Asking a question in order to reproach or upbraid, rather than to elicit information.
What is Epiplexis?
500
A winner's victory comes at a great expense.
What is Pyrrhic Victory?
500
"Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas is an example of a French form of poetry known as a.
What is villanelle?
500
Huge and powerful three-headed dog.
What is Cerberus?