Poetry
This is a poetic format where each line is comprised of 10 syllables.
What is iambic pentameter?
A false clue that is intended to lead the reader to an incorrect conclusion.
What is a red herring?
This is the most common stage in Western theater, and is also the kind of stage Sandy High School has in their auditorium.
What is a proscenium?
Usually the protagonist of a Western fiction, this character-type is usually courageous, good in nature, a loner, and chivalrous.
What is a Westen hero?
A literary device that gives human emotion or characteristics to a non-human entity.
What is personification?
This poetic form, used by Shakespeare, has 14 lines and strict rhyme scheme.
What is a sonnet?
The character or characters in the story who are thought to have committed the crime.
What is a suspect?
The objects used on stage by actors in a play.
What is a prop?
The antagonist of a Western fiction is usually seen wearing one of these on his head.
What is a black hat?
One example of one of these could be the story the "McNoggin", a patron that found a deep fried chicken head in their McNuggets.
What is an urban legend?
A figure of speech that makes reference to people, places, literary works, or other works of art.
What is an allusion?
The first mystery story written.
Who wrote it, and what year was it written??
What is The Women in White??
What is the year 1860??
This is when the audience has more information than a character in a play.
What is dramatic irony?
This is the process of herding cows from one location to another, usually by cowboys on horses.
What is a cattle drive?
A lyrical foot used in poetry, which is a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. HINT - It's the opposite of a iamb.
What is a trochee?
The repetition of a similar vowel sound in a single line of poetry or prose. HINT - It's not Alliteration
What is assonance?
Detectives look for this, a reason or need for the suspects to commit a crime.
What is a motive?
A dramatic device where a character is alone onstage speaking to himself or herself, often divulging their thoughts and emotions.
What is a soliloquy?
The year in which Western fiction must be set prior to.
What is the year 1900?
The underlying or implicit meaning or theme in a literary work.
What is subtext?
Dylan Thomas used this nineteen line lyrical poem that relies heavily on repetition, where he first and third lines alternate throughout, in his poem 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night'
What is a villanelle?
How did the victims die in 'The Speckled Band'?
What is a poisonous snake?
A Grecian form of a tragicomedy that included elements like a chorus, mythical creatures, and highly stylized costumes.
What is a satyr play?
Sooners lined up to race for free property during this in 1889.
What is the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889?
A part of a song, also known as the middle eight, that differs from the rest of the song, giving the listener a new perspective.
What is a bridge?