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poetry
prose
a petit dejourner
novel knowledge
identify this
100
a poem characterized as having no discernible rhythm or rhyme
What is free verse
100
narrator who is biased and doesn't give a full or accurate picture
What is an unreliable narrator
100
the teacher with the creepy white teeth
Who is Finch
100
The sweetheart of Song Tra Bong - believed to be lost in the jungle
Who is Mary Ann
100
"O stranger of the future! / O inconceivable being!"
What is apostrophe
200
A pause within a line of poetry, sometimes punctuated, sometimes not - often mirroring natural speech
What is a Caesura
200
Dialogue in narration written to simulate regional or cultural speech patterns
What is dialect
200
This student calls student government his 'Side Chick'
What is Alec Burris
200
The blind prophet from Antigone
Who is Tiresias
200
To lose one parent Mr. Worthington, may be regarded as misfortune, to lose both looks like carelessness."
What is an epigram
300
a typically sung poem that recounts a dramatic story
What is a ballad
300
a method of giving background information to the reader by explicit information rather than through indirect actions
What is an exposition
300
this class holds funerals for mice and 'resurrects' them in the spring
What is forensics
300
Name of the overjoyed character in "Bliss"
Who is Bertha Young
300
"Tis better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all"
What is an adage
400
The symbol used in "My Papa's Waltz" and "Those Winter Sundays" to characterize the speakers' fathers
What is hands
400
techniques by which writers manipulate language for effect - puns / double entendre
What is word play
400
This teacher has quite possibly the greatest throwing arm in the history of Alaska
Who is Mr. Cunningham
400
the name of the killer in "Where are you Going, Where Have You Been"
Who is Arnold Friend
400
In Antigone Creeon's __________ of fortune begins when his son, Haemon, commits suicide upon hearing of Anitgone's death
What is reversal
500
The replacement of the name of an object by its use or function ex: ring giver or whale-road
What is kenning
500
the presentation or phrasing of something as less important or urgent than it actually is - usually to create humor or as a method of satire
What is understatement
500
This staff member rode his bicycle from Career Tech to the southern tip of Montana... and back over summer break.
Who is Mike 'The Bike' Smith
500
Ex-mechanic now working as a dentist - he longs for a gilded tooth outside his office
Who is McTeague
500
"...that he would win this race for her, return with the silver cup, that holy chalice was to be his wedding gift to her..."
What is Biblical allusion