Literary Terms
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is an example of
alliteration
Macbeth takes place here
Scotland
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to a non-human object or animal.
What is prose?
The natural way of writing in English that does not contain poetic verse.
What is an elegy, or elegiac poem?
A mournful poem or story
Example: The Wanderer
When a character in a play gives a monologue on stage with no one else around it is called a
soliloquy
What is a tragic flaw?
A mistake or unwise choice sometimes based ton a character flaw that leads to the character's downfall
What is a rhetorical question?
A question an author asks, but does not expect to be answered.
What is verbal irony?
When a character says one thing, but really means another.
What is a philosophical assumption?
a person's beliefs or thoughts about large universal issues in life
When a character in a play speaks to the audience on the side of the stage, but other characters are present who don't hear, it is called a(n)
aside
What is a tragic hero?
A main character or protagonist in the story that usually starts in an elevated position, but then falls
What is an epic poem?
Give an acceptable definition here
What is situational irony?
When there is a twist in the story that is unexpected by the reader and characters. Example: A firehouse caught on fire.
To connect two or more clauses - independent/dependent clauses or two independent clauses
An archetype is
A universal pattern in literature that represents a theme such as - hero, innocent, wise leader, the bad guy
Who influences Macbeth?
Lady Macbeth and the Weird Sisters
Give some Anglo Saxon cultural traits
No belief in afterlife (pre-Christianity)
Loyalty
Bravery
Boasting
etc.
What is dramatic irony.
When the reader knows something that the characters in the story do not know.
Give an example of an archetype in a movie.
Answers will vary
Genre means
type of literature - examples: scifi, romance, western, mystery
Why does Macbeth murder Duncan?
He wants to be king.
What is the theme of the poems "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" and "To My Coy Mistress?"
Seize the day - carpe diem
What is a paradox?
a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true
List several types of conflict in stories and give examples of each (more than 2)
man vs nature
man vs society
man vs man
man vs self (inner)