Review Jeopardy

AP ENGLISHSemester I

Click Once to BeginJEOPARDY!A game show template

JEOPARDY!

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General General LIT. TERMSLIT. TERMS

Terms of Terms of ComedyComedy

Tragic Tragic TermsTerms

Language Language TermsTerms

Greek Greek Geeks and Geeks and

Other Other FreaksFreaks

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The use of words The use of words whose sound imitates whose sound imitates the sound of the thing the sound of the thing

being named to being named to reinforce their meaning reinforce their meaning (examples hum, buzz, (examples hum, buzz,

clang)clang)

What is What is ONOMATOPOEIA?ONOMATOPOEIA?

A repeated pattern or A repeated pattern or idea in a work of idea in a work of

literature, i.e. illusion, literature, i.e. illusion, coming of age, courage, coming of age, courage,

darkness, etc. darkness, etc.

What is MOTIF?What is MOTIF?

A specific type of A specific type of parallelism: the parallelism: the

repetition of a word, repetition of a word, phrase or clause at the phrase or clause at the

beginning of two or beginning of two or more sentences or more sentences or

clauses in a row, i.e. clauses in a row, i.e. “We “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall shall fight on the beaches, we shall

fight on the landing grounds, we fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the streets….” Winston shall fight in the streets….” Winston

ChurchillChurchill

What is an ANAPHORA?What is an ANAPHORA?

Narrative technique Narrative technique where an author writes where an author writes

story within a story; story within a story; might organize a series might organize a series

of shorter stories or of shorter stories or surround a single storysurround a single story

What is a FRAME What is a FRAME STORY?STORY?

A universal idea about A universal idea about life or people in general life or people in general that the author conveys that the author conveys thought a literary work; thought a literary work; expresses a complete expresses a complete

idea. idea.

What is THEME?What is THEME?

The comic substitution The comic substitution of one word for another of one word for another

similar in sound but similar in sound but quite different in quite different in

meaningmeaning

What is a What is a MALAPROPISM?MALAPROPISM?

A poetic and rhetorical A poetic and rhetorical device in which device in which

normally associated normally associated ideas, words, and ideas, words, and

phrases are placed phrases are placed next to one another, next to one another, creating an effect of creating an effect of

surprise and witsurprise and wit

What is What is JUXTAPOSITION?JUXTAPOSITION?

A short remark spoken A short remark spoken in an undertone by a in an undertone by a

character in a play. The character in a play. The character saying the character saying the

remark intends for the remark intends for the audience to hear but audience to hear but not for either all or not for either all or some of the other some of the other

characters on stage to characters on stage to hearhear

What is an ASIDE?What is an ASIDE?

Descriptive writing that Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a specific feature of a

person’s appearance or person’s appearance or a facet of personalitya facet of personality

What is CARICATURE?What is CARICATURE?

An event, object, An event, object, custom, person, or custom, person, or

thing that is out of its thing that is out of its natural order in time. natural order in time. A striking clock chimes A striking clock chimes

in Julius Caesarin Julius Caesar

What is an What is an ANACHRONISM?ANACHRONISM?

The use of a hint or The use of a hint or clue to suggest a larger clue to suggest a larger event that occurs later event that occurs later

in the workin the work

What is What is FORESHADOWING?FORESHADOWING?

The speech of a character The speech of a character who is alone on stage, who is alone on stage, voicing his or her own voicing his or her own

thoughtsthoughts

What is a SOLILOQUY?What is a SOLILOQUY?

A figure of speech in A figure of speech in which a part of which a part of

something is used to something is used to represent the whole (to represent the whole (to refer to a boat “sail” is refer to a boat “sail” is used; to refer to a car used; to refer to a car

“wheels” is used)“wheels” is used)

What is SYNECDOCHE?What is SYNECDOCHE?

A type of literary work. A type of literary work. The four major _ _ _ _ _s The four major _ _ _ _ _s are fiction, nonfiction, are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. poetry, and drama.

What is GENRE?What is GENRE?

Every story is told at a Every story is told at a certain _______ with certain _______ with

variations in speed. An variations in speed. An author might use action author might use action

verbs to create the effect verbs to create the effect of headlong speed or use of headlong speed or use extended discussion of extended discussion of

ideas to slow the ________. ideas to slow the ________.

What is PACE What is PACE (NARRATIVE PACING)?(NARRATIVE PACING)?

Writing that records Writing that records that conversation that that conversation that

occurs inside a occurs inside a character’s headcharacter’s head

What is INTERIOR What is INTERIOR MONOLOGUE?MONOLOGUE?

A figure of speech in A figure of speech in which human which human

characteristics and characteristics and sensibilities are sensibilities are

attributed to animals, attributed to animals, plants, inanimate plants, inanimate

objects, natural forces, objects, natural forces, or abstract ideasor abstract ideas

What is What is PERSONIFICATION?PERSONIFICATION?

A figure of speech in A figure of speech in which opposing or which opposing or

contrasting ideas are contrasting ideas are balanced against each balanced against each other in grammatically other in grammatically

parallel structureparallel structure

What is ANTITHESIS?What is ANTITHESIS?

Logic or reason used Logic or reason used as the controlling as the controlling

principle in an principle in an argumentargument

What is LOGOS?What is LOGOS?

DAILY DOUBLEDAILY 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 The main character in a literary work, usually literary work, usually

the one with whom the the one with whom the audience identifiesaudience identifies

What is PROTAGONIST?What is PROTAGONIST?

The perspective from The perspective from which the literary work which the literary work

is presentedis presented

What is a POINT OF What is a POINT OF VIEW?VIEW?

The sequence of The sequence of actions and events in a actions and events in a

literary workliterary work

What is a PLOT?What is a PLOT?

A subdivision of an act A subdivision of an act in dramain drama

What is SCENE?What is SCENE?

An author’s use of An author’s use of elements such as elements such as

diction, syntax, tone diction, syntax, tone and imagery to create a and imagery to create a

distinctive manner of distinctive manner of expressionexpression

What is STYLE?What is STYLE?

DAILY DOUBLEDAILY DOUBLE

The demand made The demand made that the reader that the reader accept incidents accept incidents

(which are sometimes (which are sometimes unrealistic) as they unrealistic) as they are recounted in the are recounted in the

literary workliterary work

What is SUSPENSION What is SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF?OF DISBELIEF?

FINAL JEOPARDY FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTIONQUESTION

The years of The years of Shakespeare’s lifeShakespeare’s life

What are 1564-1616?