A reference to a well-known character, place, or situation is known as
What is allusion
100
In the setting of The Crucible this atmosphere is shown by the constant arguing land and money
What is greed and frustration?
100
When will we finally say, "No more," and stand up for our rights?
What is rhetorical question
100
The period of time of the main character's drop from the bridge to the end of the story in Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
What is only an instant?
100
The way an author feels about the subject mater or audience
What is an tone
200
Briefly stating the main ideas of a literary work in your own words
What is summarizing
200
John Proctor fears Abigail's telling of their adultery
What keeps him from going to Salem
200
We create a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.
What is parallelism (repetition
200
In the Devil and Tom Walker, these are destroyed after Tom Walker disappears
What are his possessions?
200
Something in a story that stands for something completely different.
What is a symbol
300
A writer's word choice
What is diction
300
This happens to someone who offers evidence questioning the court's authority
What is to be accused of being a witch?
300
An argument of persuasion is based on this for proof.
What is logic, reason and evidence?
300
The insanity of Miss Emily's aunt, bad smells coming from her house, and her failure to deal with her father's death are all examples of this literary device in A Rose for Emily.
What is a foreshadowing?
300
The main point of a story - what an author wants you to "get" from reading it.
What is theme
400
The storyteller of a literary work
What is narrator
400
John accuses Abigail of this marvelous cool plot
What is to murder Elizabeth?
400
A debatable or controversial statement using evidence to prove the argument of persuasion.
What is a claim
400
The reason the narrator wants to run away from Mr. Wheeler when he is interrupted in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County?
What is boredom?
400
This term is used when the unexpected happens.
(Situational, verbal or dramatic)
What is irony
500
It is known as one of the most famous sound device poems. It will be forgotten "nevermore".
What is "The Raven"
500
Orphans beg for food and cows roam the streets of Salem.
What is the community is in a state of chaos?
500
A request or petition by a writer of a speech or a poem
Ex: "Take up our quarrel with the foe..."
What is call to action
500
The narrator In Another Country refers to the more decorated soldiers as "hunting-hawks" because they are this.
What are heroes?
500
This term refers to a work of literature that ridicules some aspect of society.