the effect created when there is a sharp contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
What is rony
100
William Sydney Porter
What is the birth name of O. Henry/
100
a genre that imitates the serious manner and characteristic features of a particular literary work to make fun of those features
What is parody
100
Is when Ralph D. Spenser reveals himself to be Jimmy Valentine by taking off his coat jacket and using his burglar tools to free Agatha from the safe.
What is the climax of the short story A Retrieved Reformation?
200
required
What is compulsory?
200
a reoccuring thematic element
What is a motif
200
Wrote The Waking of the Prince
Who is William j. Brooke?
200
a hackneyed or trite phrase that has become overused
What is a cliche?
200
The princess had black hair, doesn't fall in love with the prince immediately, and wants adventure in her life.
What are 3 things about the princess that are not stereotypical?
300
covered with gold
What is gilded?
300
the use of two contradictory words used side by side for effect
What is oxymoron
300
Are the names an ages of Annabelle's nieces
Who are May, 9 and Agatha 5?
300
a comic piece of film or literature that pokes fun at cliches or conventions of another genre
What is a spoof
300
Jimmy Valentine and Annabelle Adams;
Prince Valorian and Iggy
Who are the protagonists and the antagonists of each story?
400
brought under control by punishment
What is chastened
400
a reference in a literary work to a character or situation from another literary work or work of art
What is an allusion
400
Prince Valorian is from here
What is Swederbaum?
400
a person or thing made to suffer for or bear the blame for the shortcomings, misfortunes, or mistakes of another
What is a scapegoat?
400
What does prince Valorian decide to do after he confesses that he did not slay the dragon?
What is return to Iggy's cave to apologize to him and help out?
500
robbed by force
What is pillaged
500
an unexpected twist at the end of a story
What is a surprise ending?
500
Is the kingdom where iggy is from
What is Farflungia?
500
an oversimplified or conventional image, opinion, or conception of a person, group, issue, or the like, usually held in common by some segment of society
What is a stereotype?
500
a cigar a grade better than the one he was given by the warden
broiled chicken
white wine
What is the "sweet joys of liberty" to Jimmy Valentine?