SOL Review Jeopardy Game I

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Literary Terms Jeopardy
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Literary Terms
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from A
A major character who opposes the
main character in a story or play.
Example: The “bad guy” that we are against!
$100 Answer from A
Antagonist
$200 Question from A
The repetition of first consonants
in a group of words.
Example: “Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled peppers.”
$200 Answer from A
Alliteration
$300 Question from A
A reference to something or
someone, often literary.
Example: “May the force be with you.”
$300 Answer from A
Allusion
$400 Question from A
The overall feeling of a work,
related to tone and mood.
Example: In Science class you might be
talking about layers of gases in the earth’s
_____________.
$400 Answer from A
Atmosphere
$500 Question from A
A specific kind of symbol or motif that recurs in
literature and art in the form of an image, character
type, or plot. This word means original model form
which a pattern is created.
Example: The Journey: The main character takes a
journey that may be physical or emotional to
understand his or her personality and the nature of
the world. For example, Odysseus in The Odyssey.
$500 Answer from A
Archetype
$100 Question from C
The means by which an author describes
the appearance and personality of a
person in a story or play.
Example: The way an author describes the
main ___________ is __________.
$100 Answer from C
Characterization
$200 Question from C
The point at which the action in a
story or play reaches its emotional
peak.
Example: The most exciting part of the story.
$200 Answer from C
Climax
$300 Question from C
To explain how things are alike.
Example: In Algebra, you can’t _________
apples to oranges or x’s to y’s.
$300 Answer from C
Compare
$400 Question from C
The elements that create a plot. This
can be internal or external.
Example: This can be a battle or a ________
inside a person or a __________ of man
against nature.
$400 Answer from C
Conflict
$500 Question from C
To explain how things are different
Example: The opposite of compare.
$500 Answer from C
Contrast
$100 Question from E-F
The point of view of a piece of writing
in which the narrator refers to himself
as “I.”
Example: Not the third but the _______.
$100 Answer from E-F
First Person
Point of View
$200 Question from E-F
A long poem narrating the
adventures of a heroic figure.
Example: The Odyssey
$200 Answer from E-F
Epic
$300 Question from E-F
A character who contrasts with another
character (usually the protagonist) in order
to highlight particular qualities or differences
of the other character.
Example: Hans Solo and Luke Skywalker.
$300 Answer from E-F
Foil
$400 Question from E-F
A technique in which an author gives
clues about something that will happen
later in the story.
Example: What usually happens after you
hear the music in JAWS!
$400 Answer from E-F
Foreshadowing
$500 Question from E-F
Language that does not mean exactly
what it says.
Example: I am so mad steam is coming out
of my ears!!! If it can’t happen then it usually
is a __________ of speech.
$500 Answer from E-F
Figurative Language
$100 Question from M-O
The use of words that sound like
what the mean.
Example: Ping, Ring, Buzz,
$100 Answer from M-O
Onomatopoeia
$200 Question from M-O
A comparison that does NOT
use “like” or “as.”
Example: He’s a rock or I am an island.
$200 Answer from M-O
Metaphor
$300 Question from M-O
A long speech by one character in a
play or story (that everyone is
supposed to hear).
Example: Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, and
David Letterman do this on the Late Shows.
$300 Answer from M-O
Monologue
$400 Question from M-O
A legend that embodies the beliefs of
people and offers some explanation for
natural and social phenomena.
Example: The Greek Gods: Zeus, Aphrodite,
Athena, Hercules…
$400 Answer from M-O
Myth
$500 Question from M-O
A phrase made up of two seemingly
opposite words.
Example: Cruel kindness or dumb smarts
$500 Answer from M-O
Oxymoron
$100 Question from P-S
Giving an inanimate object human
characteristics.
Example: “The flames reached for the child
hovering in the corner.”
$100 Answer from P-S
Personification
$200 Question from P-S
The main character of a novel,
play, or story.
Example: The “good guy” or think about
another meaning of “for.”
$200 Answer from P-S
Protagonist
$300 Question from P-S
The action of the story that
summarizes the plan of the main story.
Example: The basic ideas of a story in the
order that they happened.
$300 Answer from P-S
Plot
$400 Question from P-S
A comparison that uses “like” or “as.”
Example: “I’m as hungry as a wolf.”
“Her eyes are like the stars in the sky.”
$400 Answer from P-S
Simile
$500 Question from P-S
A question not meant to be answered.
Example: “Why can’t you all just get along?”
$500 Answer from P-S
Rhetorical Question
Final Jeopardy
The intentional, extravagant
exaggeration, usually for dramatic or
comic effect.
Final Jeopardy Answer
Hyperbole
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