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onomatopoeia
What is a literary device that imitates sound?
100
"Daily Life"
What is the first act of the play called?
100
the Stage Manager
What is the name of the character who narrates and even takes part in the play?
100
Hugh
Who is the "haunted" boy?
100
descriptive, narrative, persuasive, expository
What are the four kinds of writing?
200
alliteration
What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
200
"Love and Marriage"
What is the second act of the play called?
200
the town doctor
What is the occupation of George's father?
200
lime
What is used by the town council to try to remove the smell from Miss Emily's house?
200
allegory
What is a piece of literature that can be read on more than one level with the deeper levels being symbolic?
300
allusion
What is the use of a reference to something historical, classical, or Biblical called?
300
"Death"
What is the third act of the play called?
300
the newspaper editor
What is the occupation of Emily's father?
300
Peyton Farquahr
Who is the main character of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?
300
epitaph
What is the verse or sentiment written on a tombstone called?
400
blank verse
What is poetry that uses iambic pentameter within the lines but does not have a rhyme scheme?
400
1901
What is the date of the first act?
400
Wally and Rebecca
Who are the siblings of George and Emily?
400
Catholic
What is Granny Weatherall's religion?
400
brag or tall tale
What is the kind of story that is greatly exaggerated and told as folklore?
500
stream of consciousness
What is writing that imitates the way the mind flows?
500
1904 with a flashback to George and Emily's junior year
What is the date of the second act?
500
$350
What is the amount Mrs. Webb is offered for her antique chest?
500
medicine and a windmill
What does Phoenix get in town for her grandson?
500
conceit
What is an elaborate kind of metaphor comparing VERY different things?