Literary Terms
Literature
Oedipus
Literary Terms #2
Literature #2
100
The main character in a literary work.
What is the Protagonist
100
In this selection, Coretta Scott King describes of how her late husband, Martin Luther King Jr., stands up for what is right.
What is the Montgomery Boycott
100
Unknowingly marries her son, and together they have four children.
Who is Jocasta
100
Language an author uses to appeal to the reader's five senses
What is Imagery
100
This short story gives advice to other refugees on how to survive in refugee camps.
What is Letter to a Young Refugee
200
Part of a literary work that introduces the main characters, setting, and conflict.
What is the Exposition
200
A boy who loves to fish falls in love with the girl next door in this short story.
What is The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant
200
This character is the brother-in-law/uncle to Oedipus
Who is Creon
200
Giving inhuman objects human characteristics
What is Personification
200
Name the story: Wolves.
What is The Interlopers
300
When the reader/audience knows more than the characters.
What is Dramatic Irony
300
A memoir explaining how one Jewish prisoner and his father escaped the 'selection'.
What is Night
300
This character was killed at a place where three roads meet
Who is Laius
300
A comparison not using 'like' or 'as'
What is a Metaphor
300
Name the story: Sheila Mant
What is The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant
400
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'
What is a Simile
400
The lesson of this short story placed an emphasis on how holding a grudge can impact your life in a negative way.
What is The Interlopers
400
Author of Oedipus and Antigone
Who is Sophocles
400
An extreme exaggeration
What is a Hyperbole
400
Name this story: Christian love, justice, and freedom.
What is the Montgomery Boycott
500
The repetition of consonant sounds within close proximity of each other
What is Alliteration
500
Short poem describing one family's journey of escaping rebel forces through the jungles of Vietnam.
What is Song of P'eng Ya
500
The truth of Oedipus' real parents is revealed in which part of the plot line
What is the Climax
500
A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or event in history, or from another piece of literature
What is an Allusion
500
Name this story: "The immediate thing is to learn to rise as early as possible. The food line is always long and no matter how early you are there, there will always be a line."
What is Letter to a Young Refugee