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This literary lens examines how the female role is treated throughout the book/film. It focuses on how she is portrayed in comparison to men.

Feminist Criticism Lens

100

Using the word morose instead of sad would be an example of ___________.

Diction

100

Cutting portions of a photo off to remove unwanted areas.

Cropping

100

Using the five sentences to paint a mental image for the reader is called _______.

Imagery

100

Name Santa's reindeer

dasher dancer prancer vixon commet cupid donner blitzen

200

Examining text based on the idea that the characters and story line are impacted based off of everyone's economic and social status.

Marxist Criticism

200

The way the words are arranged within a sentence.

Syntax

200

The composition or setting of an image.

Mise en scene

200

The literal definition of a word.

Denotation

200

Mrs. Saly's favorite football team

Steelers!

300

A systematic study of literature using various methods to analyze texts

What is literary theory?

300

Like the way Santa quickly goes down a chimney.


This is an example of what type of sentence?

Fragment

300

What does OPTIC stand for?

Overview, parts, topic, interrelationship, conclusion

300

The associations and emotion overtones attached to a word beyond its literal definition.

Connotation

300

Finish the lines..

Twas the night before Christmas

and all through the house

_______________________

________________________

Not a creature was stirring

not even a mouse

400

To feel like you are the one person that does not belong with the group, much like an outcast.

Stranger in the village

400

Santa was delighted to deliver toys to children, even though it was only once  a year.


What type of sentence is this?

Complex

400

A shot taken from above the subject. 


High Angle

400

To relegate or confine that person to a lower or outer limit.

Marginalize

400

Kevin spills a giant pot of ______________ all over the carpet during an episode of The Office.

Chilli

500

This form of criticism focuses on how different religions, ethnicity, class identifications, political beliefs and individual viewpoints affect the ways in which texts are created and interpreted.

Cultural Criticism

500

Santa likes to eat cookies, deliver presents and work with the elves.

This is an example of what type of sentence?

Parallel structure

500

A scene between two people, shot exclusively from an angle that includes both characters more or less equally. It is used in love scenes where interaction between the characters is important.

Two-Shot

500

The policy of extending the rule or influence of one country over other countries or colonies.

Imperialism

500

What actor voices the 2002 version of The Grinch?

Jim Carrey