Literature
This novel was written in the 1920s as a commentary on the careless, immoral behavior of the rich.
What is The Great Gatsby?
This character is shot to death in his own pool at the end of the novel.
Who is Gatsby?
A figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the
use of the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
The author's attitude toward his or her subject.
What is tone?
This Latin term refers to an appeal to logic and reason.
What is logos?
This play explores the challenges of achieving the American dream, especially in the face of racial and economic injustice.
What is A Raisin in the Sun?
This character is the antagonist in The Crucible and uses people's fear to gain power.
Who is Abigail Williams?
The atmosphere or feeling created by a literary work, partly by a description of the objects or by the style of the descriptions.
What is mood?
A recurring image, object, or idea in a literary work which serves to reveal a central theme of the
text.
What is a motif?
This Latin term refers to an appeal to the audience's emotions.
What is pathos?
This literary movement explores the dark side of human nature and often features violence and insanity. Poe is the quintessential writer in this genre.
What is Gothic?
This character lost most of his family's money when he was double-crossed while trying to invest in a liquor store.
Who is Walter Younger?
This is the contrast between what is said and what is meant. It can come in the form of overstatement, understatement, or sarcasm. Usually a person says one thing but means the opposite.
What is verbal irony?
A device in literature where an object represents an abstract idea.
What is a symbol?
This Latin term refers to an appeal to the speaker's credibility.
What is ethos?
This literary movement promotes the ideals of nature, individuality, nonconformity, and simplicity. Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson are the most famous authors in this genre.
What is transcendentalism?
This historical figure taught himself to read and write. He wrote about his struggle against oppression and his pursuit of freedom in his persuasive autobiography.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely
connected words.
What is alliteration?
This is the contrast between what the character(s) think(s) to be true and what we (the readers) know to be true.
What is dramatic irony?
This refers to an author or speaker's primary goal. (Hint: It is also the "P" in PASTA)
What is purpose?
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as an allegory for this, a political witch hunt motivated by fears that Communists had infiltrated the American government and media.
What is McCarthyism?
This character sacrificed himself in order to keep his pride and stand up against the groupthink and conformity that had taken hold in his community.
Who is John Proctor?
This is the overarching message or universal truth that an author seeks to convey through a work of literature.
What is theme?
An author's choice of words. Since words have specific meanings, and since one's choice of words can affect feelings, a writer's choice of words can have great impact in a literary work.
What is diction?
What is a counterargument and rebuttal?