1. English 10 Jeopardy!
IST 397
Emily Rusk
Michael Medley

2. 100 200 300 400 500 Shakespeare’s Life Famous Authors
Literary Movements
Parts of Speech
Literary Devices

3. Shakespeare was presumably born on, and died on, this day.

4. What is April 23rd?

5. William Shakespeare was born in this small English Town.

6. What is Stratford-upon-Avon?

7. Shakespeare acted, wrote, and was part owner of this theatre company

8. What is the Lord Chamberlain’s Men?

9. The indoor theatre that Shakespeare’s company took over in 1608.

10. What is the Blackfriars Theatre?

11. Shakespeare was the father of these three children.

12. Who are Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith?

13. Creator of Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear.

14. Who is William Shakespeare?

15. Author of Emma, Pride and Prejudice, and Northanger Abbey

16. Who is Jane Austen?

17. Author of The Canterbury Tales.

18. Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?

19. Author of The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and A Farewell to Arms.

20. Who is Ernest Hemingway?

21. Author of Animal Farm and 1984.

22. Who is George Orwell?

23. 18th century literary movement that praised imagination over reason, and emotion over logic.

24. What is Romanticism?

25. This late 17th century movement is often referred to as the Age of Reason.

26. What is The Enlightenment?

27. Authors of this mid 19th century movement depicted everyday activities and experiences.

28. What is Realism?

29. This literary movement was concerned with the subconscious and the celebration of inner strength.

30. What is Modernism?

31. Authors of this movement believed that philosophical thinking began with the human subject.

32. What is Existentialism?

33. An action or a state of being.

34. What is a verb?

35. A person, place, or thing.

36. What is a noun?

37. This describes a person, place, or thing.

38. What is an adjective?

39. This describes a verb.

40. What is an adverb?

41. This joins clauses, sentences, or words.

42. What is a conjunction?

43. When an author uses words and phrases to create mental images for the reader.

44. Click here for more information on imagery!
What is imagery?
Click here for more information on imagery!

45. The comparison of two unlike things.

46. Click here for more information on metaphors!
What is a metaphor?
Click here for more information on metaphors!

47. The repetition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of words.

48. Click here for more information on alliteration!
What is alliteration?
Click here for more information on alliteration!

49. A rhetoric device that suggests a meaning using metaphoric examples.

50. What is allegory?

51. When an author uses specific words and phrases to produce a larger than life effect.

52. What is hyperbole?

57. Bibliography
Shakespeare picture-
Austen picture-
Chaucer picture-
Hemingway picture-
Orwell picture-
Blackfriars Theatre picture-
Romanticism picture-
Existentialism picture-
Alliteration Video-
Metaphor Video-
Imagery Video-
Daily Double sound effect-
Daily Double picture-
“Dododo” Jeopardy! sound effect-