Literature
Literature 2
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Literary Elements
100
In The Necklace, what does Madame Loisel care most about - her husband o material things
What are material things?
100
In New Directions what does Angelou compare life choices to?
What are roads and directions?
100
This refers to a word's literal meaning.
What is denotation?
100
This vocabulary word means to increase.
What is augmenting?
100
These two types of speeches are unheard by other characters.
What are an aside and a soliloquy?
200
Tybalt's personality can be described as______.
What is aggressive?
200
In The Importance of Being Ernest, Lady Bracknell's questions to Jack show that she values this.
What is social status?
200
This vocabulary word means complaint.
What is grievance?
200
This vocabulary word means to acquire.
What is procure?
200
This is a speech that is unheard by other characters and often reveals a characters inner thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
300
Why does Capulet allow Romeo to remain at the ball?
What is he will not allow a well-mannered guest to be insulted.
300
Mercutio gives a long speech to his friends on the way to the ball. This Queen Mab speech is known as this type of speech.
What is a monologue?
300
This refers to a word's emotional connections.
What is connotation?
300
________ irony is demonstrated when Juliet asks the Nurse to help her get things together for her wedding to Paris
What is dramatic?
300
Shakespeare uses these to lighten the mood of the play
What are puns and comic relief?
400
The Friar agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because _______.
What is he thinks it will stop the fighting between the families.
400
In My Possessions Myself, this is listed as an advantage of connecting one's sense of identity to possessions.
What is possessions helping to create a sense of the past.
400
The Necklace illustrates _________ irony when, by trying to look rich, Madam Loisel ends up poor.
What is situational?
400
This vocabulary word is an antonym for cheerful.
What is lamentable?
400
What device is illustrated in this line from Romeo and Juliet? bright smoke, cold fire, sick health
What is parallelism?
500
Juliet is a ______ hero because she is a noble figure who meets with disaster.
What is tragic?
500
Romeo's tragic flaw is his _________.
What is impulsiveness?
500
The tone of _______ (literary element that ridicules that faults of society) is sharp and direct in The Importance of Being Ernest.
What is satire?
500
This vocabulary word means means disobedient.
What is wayward?
500
This is a plot, character, or theme that appears in literature throughout history.
What is archetype?