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A comprehensive overview of key literary terms and concepts, including definitions, examples, and exercises. It covers a wide range of topics, from basic elements of language and poetry to literary movements and genres. Designed to enhance understanding and provide practice for students of literature.
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Language that is being spoken to a person is called _____________ language. ✔✔receptive Language that expresses thoughts and feelings to others is called ________________ language. ✔✔expressive
stressed, unstressed, unstressed ✔✔dactylic
stressed, stressed ✔✔spondee stressed, unstressed ✔✔trochaic
unstressed, stressed ✔✔iambic unstressed, unstressed, stressed ✔✔anapestic
The __________ English literary time period lasted from 1837-1900. Writers of this time:Charles Dickens, Robert browning, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bronte sisters, Browning, Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Lewis Carroll, Hopkins, Kipling, Rossetti, Tennyson, OscarWilde, W. B. Yeats ✔✔victorian
__________ __________was an American Transcendentalist poet who was famous for hisbeliefs on nature; he was known as the father of American poetry; he loved Abraham Lincoln and the fallen soldiers of the Civil War; wrote "I Hear America Singing" in 1855 aboutAmerica's pride and the voices of hardworking laborers in America; "Song of Myself"; and, the poetry collection, "Leaves of Grass" in 1855. ✔✔walt whitman __________ __________ was an English writer of Gothic Horror novels in 1819; wrote sonnet,"Ozymandias" about statue that inspired the poem was partially destroyed, and the poem frequently reminds us that the statue is in ruins. The dilapidated state of the statue symbolizes notonly the erosive processes of time, but also the transience of political leaders and regimes.; wrote poem, "To a Skylark", in 1820; and wrote the terza rima ode, "Ode to the West Wind" in 1820. ✔✔percy shelley
___________ language is an informal language that is also called "slang" or "commonlanguage"; refers to individual words. ✔✔colloquial
___________language refers to the native language that is spoken by the common (ordinary)people of a country or region; has established norms.
*English, Italian, etc. ✔✔vernacular _____________ is a reading comprehension method named for its five steps: survey, question,read, recite, and review. The method was introduced by Francis P. Robinson, an American education philosopher in his 1946 book "Effective Study". ✔✔sq3r A teacher would use a(n) __________ ___________ as a strategy that is used before reading toactivate students' prior knowledge and build curiosity about a new topic. Before reading a selection, students respond to several statements that challenge or support their preconceivedideas about key concepts in the text. ✔✔anticipation guide
___________ ___________ was an English writer in 1860 whose novels criticized socialinjustice, such as in two of his Historical Fiction Novels: "Great Expectations", about an orphan
named Pip, and "A Tale of Two Cities", set in London and Paris during the French Revolution. ✔✔charles dickens
A __________ is the first part of a choral ode (sung by the chorus in Greek dramas), and it is agroup of verses that forms a distinct unit within a poem. ✔✔strophe
__________ __________ is the author of the Bildungsroman novel, "Jane Eyre", written in1847; she used the pen name "Currer Bell". ✔✔charlotte bronte
___________ __________ is the author of the Tragedy novel, "Wuthering Heights", written in1845; she used the pen name "Ellis Bell". ✔✔emily bronte
___________ ________ ___________ was a Transcendentalist writer in 1841 who was againstslavery; he stressed self-reliance and optimism; and, he wrote essays - "Nature" and "Self- Reliance". ✔✔ralph waldo emerson _________ __________ was a Transcendentalist writer who wrote the memoir "Walden" in1854; he believed that the economic drive of America led to moral tyranny and the inability to appreciate the true beauty of nature. ✔✔henry thoreau
A ___________ ____________ is a story with a moral, and it is set in a world of magic andenchantment that involves one or more of the following: fairies, talking animals, dwarves, elves, giants, goblins, mermaids, trolls, and, witches. ✔✔fairy tale A(n) ___________ is a long narrative (story) poem telling of a hero's deeds, and it includeslegendary figures; involves a serious topic that contains events significant to a culture or nation. ✔✔epic A _________ _________ is character in a long, narrative poem who is a great hero withextraordinary strength.
"Iliad" & "Odyssey" by Homer in 8th Century "Beowulf" by unknown author in Old English period ✔✔epic hero Two consecutive rhyming lines of poem that have the same meter (rhythm) is called a____________. ✔✔couplet
A humorous story that is very exaggerated and obviously untrue is called a ___________________. ✔✔tall tale
A __________ is a narrative (story) that is told to others about the past and has historicalelements; however, it cannot be verified as true. ✔✔legend
A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes (supernatural) is called a ___________. ✔✔myth
A ___________ is a brief story that has characters that are talking animals, creatures, or plants,and it contains a moral. ✔✔fable
The word __________means "memory", and it describes factual events according to the author'spersonal experiences.
"A Moveable Feast" was published after Ernest Hemingway's death in 1964. It is about his timespent in Paris as a writer in 1920s, before attaining popularity. During these days, he was acquainted with many other famous writers, including Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, andGertrude Stein. -"A Moveable Feast" by Ernest Hemingway in 1964 ✔✔memoir
A ___________is a long speech made by one performer in which other characters are silent; along and typically tedious speech made by ONE person during a conversation.
"And indeed there will be timeTo wonder, 'Do I dare?' and, 'Do I dare?" "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by TS Eliot in 1915 ✔✔monologue A __________ _________ names a group of things, people, or places. *herd, school, pod, pack, troupe, colony ✔✔collective noun Ihe theywe whatwho
Each pronoun is called a ___________ pronoun. ✔✔subject mewhom herthem it Each pronoun is called a(n) ___________ pronoun. ✔✔object A _________ is a make-believe story with unreal, imaginary features that is set in the future. Itstresses technology, supernatural abilities, and situations that could never actually occur (person flying). It can involve a planet or unknown world. "Harry Potter" by JK Rowling in 1997 ✔✔fantasy __________ _________ is a genre of fiction where characters and events are often set in thefuture; where science and technology far surpasses the present and entails partially true elements of science.
The ___________ of a story is the writer's attitude through their use of diction, figurativelanguage, and organization (sad, happy, scared, somber). ✔✔tone
The __________ of the story is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for his or herreader.
*happy, nervous, frightened, sad, mournful, sympathetic ✔✔mood A ___________ is a comparison between two unlike things that have common characteristics. "All the World's a Stage." -from Shakespeare's Pastoral Comedy, "As You Like It" in 1603 ✔✔metaphor A comparison using "like" or "as" is called a ___________; a figure of speech involving thecomparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. "The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs" -from "After great pain, a formal feeling comes—" Emily Dickinson 1850 ✔✔simile
__________ is a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story through lines andstanzas; it has a specific rhyme and meter. ✔✔poetry
_________ is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables (2-3) that has a pattern ofbeats - da DUM, da DUM.... ✔✔meter
A ____________ is a metrical (verse) unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables; it is asequence of meters. ✔✔foot
A ___________ is a genre where the story is understood by the audience but not by characterswithin the play; it contains irony and a conflict; it elicits emotions.
"The Crucible" by Arthur Miller in 1953 ✔✔drama _________ ________ is a dramatic presentation of a written work in a script form. Readers readfrom a "script" and reading parts are divided among the readers. No memorization, costumes, blocking, or special lighting is needed. Presentations can easily be done in a k-3 classroom. ✔✔readers theater
__________ is a Tragedy play by William Shakespeare in year 1603; a ghost appears; He hopedto avenge the murder of his father; Ophelia kills herself. ✔✔hamlet
__________ is a Tragedy written in 1604 by William Shakespeare with a cheating scandal. Themain character expresses hubris, or excessive pride, and he is married to Desdemona. ✔✔othello
___________ is an Epic Poem that was written in 800 BC by Homer and features the Trojan Warand ancient Greek history; it was the FIRST written poem about rescuing Queen Helen; ends with death and burial of Trojan warrior, Hektor. ✔✔illiad __________ is a Greek Epic Poem was written in 800 BC by Homer about a long, adventurousvoyage and the fall of Troy over 10 years; features his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus; set in Ithaca - island in Greece. ✔✔odyssey __________ is a Modernist novel written in 1922 by Irish author, James Joyce, and features the"Stream of Consciousness"; has key characters: Telemachus; Calypso; Cyclops; and, Penelope; divided into three books - I, II, and III with 18 episodes. ✔✔ulysses The part of the writing process that is centered on fixing errors like capitalization, punctuationand spelling (checking grammar) is called _________. ✔✔editing
The part of the writing process that involves changing sentences and making stronger points oremphasis; narrowing or extending ideas; and, expanding and clarifying ideas is called ___________. ✔✔revising A _________ _________connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses. "I lost my job because I was often late. SINCE I have no money, I can't go to the movie." ✔✔subordinating conjunction
A _________ _________ connects elements in a sentence by using two words that worktogether.
"I want EITHER the cheesecake OR the frozen hot chocolate." ✔✔correlative conjunction A _________ ________ joins similar phrases, clauses, or words. "The bowl of squid eyeball stew is hot AND delicious." FANBOYS = for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so ✔✔coordinating conjunction
catacombs; Gothic furniture; and the feelings of isolation and fear.usher ✔✔the fall of the house of
_______ ________ _________ _________ ________ __________ is a long poem written in1798 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; published in first edition of "Lyrical Ballads"; telling his disastrous story to wedding guests about a ship sinking. ✔✔the rime of the ancient mariner If the basic meter of a poem is iambic and there are dactylic and trochaic variations, a_____________ is formed. ✔✔counterpoint
__________ __________ wrote the Narrative poem "Goblin Market" in the Victorian Age of1862 that includes sexual imagery; about a fraught encounter between sisters Laura and Lizzie and evil goblin merchants. When Laura exchanges a lock of her golden hair for the chance totaste the goblins' enchanted 'fruit forbidden', she deteriorates until she is 'knocking at Death's door'. ✔✔christina rosetti Writing is a process that involves at least four distinct steps: prewriting, drafting, revising, andediting. It is known as a _______________ process. While you are revising, you might have to return to the prewriting step to develop and expand your ideas. ✔✔recursive
__________ __________ ________ is a short story by Washington Irving written in 1819 abouta man who falls asleep; the time of the American Revolution; he wakes up 20 years later to a society he does not recognize; the gruesome end of Ichabod Crane, who met the HeadlessHorseman of Sleepy Hollow. ✔✔rip van winkle
________ __________ _________ __________ _______ is a title for 1 of 34 horror stories in"The Sketchbook" written by Washington Irving in 1820.
*Characters: Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, Brom Bones, and The Headless Horseman ✔✔the legend of sleepy hollow
__________ ___________ wrote the book of poetry "The Tenth Muse" in 1650 that featured witand delight; made her the first notable American poet. ✔✔anne bradstreet
1790-1830 was the literary period for the ___________ English writers. ✔✔romantic ________ _______ ___________ ________ _________ ________ is the name of a famouspassionate love poem written in iambic pentameter by Anne Bradstreet in 1642 about a man who loves his wife and cherishes the unity of their marriage; best image of heaven.and loving husband ✔✔to my dear
