Review Jeopardy AP ENGLISH Semester I
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General LIT. TERMS Terms of Comedy Tragic Terms Language Terms Greek Geeks and Other Freaks
The use of words whose sound imitates the sound of the thing being named to reinforce their meaning (examples hum, buzz, clang)
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
A repeated pattern or idea in a work of literature, i.e. illusion, coming of age, courage, darkness, etc.
What is MOTIF?
A specific type of parallelism: the repetition of a word, phrase or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences or clauses in a row, i.e. “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the streets….” Winston Churchill
What is an ANAPHORA?
Narrative technique where an author writes story within a story; might organize a series of shorter stories or surround a single story
What is a FRAME STORY?
A universal idea about life or people in general that the author conveys thought a literary work; expresses a complete idea.
What is THEME?
The comic substitution of one word for another similar in sound but quite different in meaning
What is a MALAPROPISM?
A poetic and rhetorical device in which normally associated ideas, words, and phrases are placed next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit
What is JUXTAPOSITION?
A short remark spoken in an undertone by a character in a play. The character saying the remark intends for the audience to hear but not for either all or some of the other characters on stage to hear
What is an ASIDE?
Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person’s appearance or a facet of personality
What is CARICATURE?
An event, object, custom, person, or thing that is out of its natural order in time. A striking clock chimes in Julius Caesar
What is an ANACHRONISM?
The use of a hint or clue to suggest a larger event that occurs later in the work
What is FORESHADOWING?
The speech of a character who is alone on stage, voicing his or her own thoughts
What is a SOLILOQUY?
A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole (to refer to a boat “sail” is used; to refer to a car “wheels” is used)
What is SYNECDOCHE?
A type of literary work. The four major _ _ _ _ _s are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
What is GENRE?
Every story is told at a certain _______ with variations in speed. An author might use action verbs to create the effect of headlong speed or use extended discussion of ideas to slow the ________.
What is PACE (NARRATIVE PACING)?
Writing that records that conversation that occurs inside a character’s head
What is INTERIOR MONOLOGUE?
A figure of speech in which human characteristics and sensibilities are attributed to animals, plants, inanimate objects, natural forces, or abstract ideas
What is PERSONIFICATION?
A figure of speech in which opposing or contrasting ideas are balanced against each other in grammatically parallel structure
What is ANTITHESIS?
Logic or reason used as the controlling principle in an argument
What is LOGOS?
DAILY DOUBLE
The way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument to achieve a particular purpose such as persuasion, exposition, analysis, or narration in a particular piece of writing
What is RHETORICAL PURPOSE (STRATEGY)?
The main character in a literary work, usually the one with whom the audience identifies
What is PROTAGONIST?
The perspective from which the literary work is presented
What is a POINT OF VIEW?
The sequence of actions and events in a literary work
What is a PLOT?
A subdivision of an act in drama
What is SCENE?
An author’s use of elements such as diction, syntax, tone and imagery to create a distinctive manner of expression
What is STYLE?
DAILY DOUBLE
The demand made that the reader accept incidents (which are sometimes unrealistic) as they are recounted in the literary work
What is SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF? What is SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF?
FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION
The years of Shakespeare’s life
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