Literary Devices
Authors
Themes
Vocabulary
Historical Context
100

Something that causes issues and tension in a story.

Conflict

100

Author of “Hard Times”, “Oliver Twist”, and “Great Expectations”

Charles Dickens

100

Huck and Jim travel along the Mississippi River in search of this concept.

Freedom

100

Someone who steals.

Thief

100

Charles Dickens is an author of this time period.

The Victorian Era
200

An exaggerated statement or claim.

Hyperbole

200

Author of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”.

Mark Twain

200

J.R.R Tolkein’s “The Hobbit” is known for redefining this imaginative genre.

Fantasy

200

Having no meaning; making no sense.

Nonsensical

200

Shakespeare is the quintessential author of this era. 

The Renaissance/Elizabethan Era

300

A way of writing or speaking that is common or informal.

Vernacular

300

Author of “The Scarlet Letter”.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

300

In “Of Mice and Men”, Lennie and George work hard to achieve this concept.

The American Dream

300

a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.

Acquaintance

300

Mark Twain’s works addressed this major societal issue in America.

Slavery

400

An exaggerated portrayal of someone’s personality or appearance

Caricature

400

Author of “Sense and Sensibility”.

Jane Austen

400

The townsfolk in “The Scarlet Letter” are obsessed with this negative religious idea.

Sin

400

To be extremely hungry (for food or something else).

Ravenous

400

John Steinbeck addressed the effects of this major American historical event.

The Great Depression

500

When you say one thing, but mean the opposite.

Verbal irony

500

Responsible for creating over 1,700 new English words.

Shakespeare

500

In Jeanette Winterson’s “The Passion”, Henri’s love for Napoleon is an expression of this concept

Nationalism

500

anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

Apprehension

500

In “The Scarlet Letter”, this religious society was responsible for punishing Hester Prynne.

Puritans