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Logical Fallacies
Plot Composistion
Literary Terms
Devices
Wildcard
100
"Hello, my name is Chuck Norris and as a T.V. actor and martial artist I can say you should vote for Mitt Romney!"
What is an appeal to false authority.
100
This is when you establish the setting and characters.
What is exposition?
100
This is the repetition of vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
100
The use of language to evoke a picture. Often used to establish settings.
What is imagery?
100
This play featured John Proctor as the protagonist.
What is The Crucible?
200
If you do not win this Jeopardy game you will not do well on the EOC, and if you do not do well on the EOC you will fail English, and if you fail English you will end up dropping out, and if you drop out you will end up a homeless prostitute with no teeth.
What is a slippery slope.
200
The point when you tie up the loose ends of a story and offer some closure.
What is the resolution?
200
This is the overall emotion created by a work.
What is mood?
200
When an inanimate object, or animal, is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
200
This story takes place as part of the Spanish Inquisition.
What is The Pit and the Pendulum.
300
Listen, everyone thinks that the Bulls are going to win, so obviously the Bull will win.
What is a bandwagon argument.
300
This is what makes a story interesting and engages readers.
What is rising action?
300
This is the central idea that the author is trying to communicate.
What is a theme?
300
A reference to another literary work, person, place, or thing.
What is an allusion?
300
This is a school of writing that focuses on the joy on nature.
What is Romanticism.
400
Just like how Mr. Price is the best teacher ever, also Antioch must be the best school.
What is a false analogy.
400
A struggle that takes place within a character.
What is internal conflict?
400
This is a statement that contradicts itself. It can also be ab idea that ends up refuting itself.
What is a paradox?
400
When an object or person represents and idea.
What is symbolism?
400
This writer is almost as famous for her life of seclusion as she is her slant rhymed poetry.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
500
Are The Beatles the best band ever? No one would even ask the question unless they already thought that they might be, so that means they must be.
What is begging the question?
500
This is the part of a story that catches the readers attention.
What is a narrative hook?
500
A speech to yourself.
What is a soliloquy?
500
A character or setting which is set opposite of something which is both similar but also contrasting in aspects. For instance: Batman and Superman.
What is a foil?
500
This is a literary school of writing that focuses on the common man and the problems of living.
What is Realism?