Genres
Grammar
Literary analysis
Language analysis
Authors and works
100
Usually children's stories in which magical things happen. Often starts with "Once upon a time..." and has a happy ending.
What is fairytales
100
Ordklasse fx happy, little, tough
Hvad er adjektiver?
100
the main character of play or piece of prose
What is a protagonist?
100
The repetition of a consonant sound in a sequence of words which are close together.
What is alliteration?
100
Famous crime fiction writer who wrote stories about Sherlock Holmes
Who was Arthur Conan Doyle?
200
A genre in which a crime is committed and investigated.
What is crime fiction
200
Ordklasse fx I, you, he, they
Hvad er personlige pronomener?
200
Latin for "in the middle of things". Used when a narrative starts in the middle of the action rather than from the very beginning.
What is in medias res?
200
The repetition of identical/similar vowel sounds in a sequence of words which are close together.
What is assonance
200
Famous playwright who "invented" the phrase "To be or not to be"
Who was William Shakespeare?
300
A genre which is intended to scare readers or viewers by inducing feelings of terror, repulsion, or loathing.
What is horror fiction
300
Ordstillingen i følgende sætning: "Last night I went to a fabulous party"
Hvad er ligefrem ordstilling?
300
The adversary of the protagonist in a play or a novel/short story.
What is an antagonist?
300
References in a text to other texts both in the form of direct quotations or as indirect hints.
What is intertextuality?
300
Title of a short story taking place on Manhattan where a police detective makes the murderer taste his own medicine
What is "The Good Samaritan"
400
A genre that blends aspects from the real world with something that is unreal. Primary elements of the plots are magic and other supernatural elements.
What is fantasy
400
Fejl, hvor verballed/udsagnsled og subjekt/grundled ikke stemmer overens
Hvad er en kongruensfejl?
400
The highest point of tension in a story
What is the climax?
400
descriptive language that produces mental pictures and sensory experiences in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
400
American writer (1898-1961) who wrote "Indian Camp" and "The Old Man and the Sea#
Who was Ernest Hemingway?
500
Literature from or about Britain's former colonies
What is post colonial literature
500
Det latinske udtryk for omsagnsled til grundled.
Hvad er subjektsprædikat?
500
The use of an element early in a text that gives a hint about or anticipates a later part in the text.
What is foreshadowing?
500
A question to which no answer is expected, posed by a speaker to involve the audience.
What is a rhetorical question?
500
British author with Pakistani roots who wrote My Son the Fanatic
Who is Hanif Kureishi?