Literary Movements
A style of art, music, and literature, popular in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, that deals with the beauty of nature and human emotions
What is Romanticism?
An explicit comparison which uses like or as, as in "a voice smooth like silk."
What is a simile?
The most famous English playwright and poet of all times.
Who was William Shakespeare?
Martin Luther King's famous speech delivered on August 28 1963.
What Is "I have a Dream"?
The Globe
What is Shakespeare's theatre in London called?
Horror, death, supernatural elements and romance are its main ingredients.
What is the Gothic genre?
"you're a peach" is one.
What is a metaphor?
The opposite of dystopia, it is the title of Thomas More's famous work published in 1516.
What is Utopia?
He was assassinated in Dallas on November 22 1963
How did Kennedy die?
The leader of the pigs in Orwell's "Animal Farm"
Who is Napoleon?
Its aim was "to describe the ordinary lives of ordinary people with honesty and sincerity".
What was the aim of Realism?
The repetition of a word or expression especially for rhetorical or poetic effect.
What is an anaphora?
A 19th century American writer partucularly known for his tales of mystery and the macabre.
Who was Edgar Allan Poe?
The Iron Lady
What was Margaret Thatcher's nickname?
You support this country if you shout "Go Springboks!" during a rugby match.
What is South Africa?
A genre that began after World war 1 developing innovative literary techniques such as stream-of-consciousness, interior monologue, as well as the use of multiple points-of-view.
What is Modernism?
An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.
What is a hyperbole?
A 19th century Irish poet and playwright,he is famous for his wit and sharp criticism of Victorian Society as well as his association with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
The American president who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009
Who is Barack Obama?
Down Under
What phrase is used by the British to refer to Australia and New Zealand?
A bildungsroman
What is a coming-of-age novel also called? What name is given to a novel that deals with how and why the protagonist develops morally and psychologically?
The Greek word for "simple",it is a figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.
What is a litotes?
A contemporary Canadian writer of feminist literature, she is the author of the Handmaid's Tale.
Who is Margaret Atwood?
Madiba
What was Nelson Mandela's nickname?
Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, because as women writers,the 3 sisters couldn't use their real names.
What were the Brontë sisters (Charlotte,Emily and Ann Brontë)' pseudonyms/pen names?