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Literary Lingo
Who Said It?
Vocabulary
That's In Romeo & Juliet
Novel Locations
100
Another term for word choice.
What is diction.
100
“Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.”
Who is Holden Caulfield.
100
This verb means to stroll along at a leisurely pace.
What is saunter.
100
Juliet's father is known as "Old" this, though how ancient is he likely to be with a 13-year-old daughter?
Who is Capulet.
100
Holden Caulfield gets kicked out of Pencey Prep., a fictional boarding school located in this east-coast state.
What is Pennsylvania.
200
Conservative, Liberal, Anarchist, and Moderate are political forms of these.
What are ideologies.
200
"I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
Who is Daisy Buchanan.
200
This "t" vocabulary word means implied.
What is tacit.
200
Juliet tells Romeo, "O, swear not by" this "that monthly changes in her circled orb"
What is the moon.
200
In Melville's Benito Cereno, the mysterious San Dominick is stranded at sea off the coast of this South American country.
What is Chile.
300
"To be, or not to be" and "O that this too too solid flesh" are the opening phrases to this type of solitary speech.
What is a soliloquy.
300
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."
Who is Polonious
300
This vocabulary terms means to fake; as Hamlet does with his madness.
What is feign.
300
At the end of the balcony scene, these 5 words precede & rhyme with "that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow"
"Parting is such sweet sorrow."
300
Claudius plots for the "present death of Hamlet" when he sends him to this European country.
What is England.
400
The Outsiders, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and To Kill a Mockingbird could all be described by this German literary term.
What is a bildungsroman.
400
"Words, words, words."
Who is Hamlet.
400
This multisyllabic noun is a synonym for sleep walking.
What is somnambulism.
400
This cousin of Juliet kills Mercutio, who called him a "rat-catcher"
Who is Tybalt.
400
The Valley of Ashes, West Egg, and East Egg are fictional locations set on this actual New York land mass.
What is Long Island.
500
The phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword" is an example of this literary term.
What is metonymy
500
"The past is passed; why moralize upon it?"
Who is Amasa Delano.
500
This "c" adjective means pale or corpse-like. It could be used to describe both the state of Don Benito and of his ship, The San Dominick.
What is cadaverous.
500
n this Franciscan's first speech, he discusses the good & bad uses of herbs
Who is Friar Laurence.
500
After deserting the British military, Redmond Barry is abducted and forced to serve in the military of this former German-speaking kingdom.
What is Prussia.