The Great
Lit. Devices Hamlet Oedipus Gatsby/Glass Potpourri
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Literary Devices
The difference between a simile
and metaphor is the use of these
words.
$100 Literary Devices
What are “like” and “as”?
$200 Literary Devices
These include historical, popcultural, biblical, literary, and
mythological.
$200 Literary Devices
What are allusions?
$300 Literary Devices
These are the types of imagery.
$300 Literary Devices
What are gustatory, tactile,
visual, auditory, and olfactory?
$400 Literary Devices
These are the devices of humour
which create satire.
$400 Literary Devices
What are irony, wit, incongruity, puns,
exaggeration, and
understatement.
$500 Literary Devices
This is a figure of speech in which a word
or phrase substitutes another that is closely
related, like the crown replacing the king.
$500 Literary Devices
What is metonymy.
$100 Hamlet
This character is the first to be
killed by Hamlet.
$100 Hamlet
Who is Polonius?
$200 Hamlet
These are the first two weapons mentioned in the
“To be, or not to be” soliloquy.
$200 Hamlet
What are slings and arrows?
$300 Hamlet
The term “fishmonger” is slang for this
and describes him.
$300 Hamlet
What are a pimp and Polonius?
$400 Hamlet
“That skull had a tongue in it and could
sing once,” is this literary device and
describes this person.
$400 Hamlet
What is visual imagery and Yorick?
$500 Hamlet
Comic relief, especially in a tragedy, is used
for these three reasons.
$500 Hamlet
What are to relieve dramatic tension, utilize
all actors, and appeal to a wider audience?
$100 Oedipus
Oedipus’ hubris is not listening
to this prophet.
$100 Oedipus
Who is Teiresias?
$200 Oedipus
Oedipus was granted the privilege of marrying
Jocasta because he was able to do this.
$200 Oedipus
What is answer the riddle of the Sphinx?
$300 Oedipus
Oedipus refers to the Sphinx as a “dogfaced witch,” which is an example of this
term, similar to a nickname.
$300 Oedipus
What is an epithet?
$400 Oedipus
Teiresias tells Oedipus, "I say that you,
with both your eyes, are blind," which is this.
$400 Oedipus
What is verbal irony?
$500 Oedipus
These are the three major
characteristics of a tragic hero.
$500 Oedipus
What are hubris, hamartia, and downfall?
$100 The Great Gatsby/The
Glass Menagerie
The Great Gatsby sharply
contrasts The Glass
Menagerie, as the settings take
place during these eras.
$100 The Great Gatsby/The
Glass Menagerie
What are the roaring twenties
and the dirty thirties?
$200 The Great Gatsby/The
Glass Menagerie
As this, we cannot really trust Tom
due to potential bias.
$200 The Great Gatsby/The
Glass Menagerie
What is the narrator?
$300 The Great Gatsby/The
Glass Menagerie
This is a symbol of Laura’s
uniqueness.
$300 The Great Gatsby/The
Glass Menagerie
What is an unicorn?
$400 The Great Gatsby/The
Glass Menagerie
Gatsby’s riches were a result of
bootlegging, during a time of this.
$400 The Great Gatsby/The
Glass Menagerie
What is prohibition?
$500 The Great Gatsby/The
Glass Menagerie
These are symbols of God and
social decay in American culture in
The Great Gatsby.
$500 The Great Gatsby/The
Glass Menagerie
What are the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg and
the Valley of Ashes?
$100 Potpourri
This is a term for exaggeration in literature.
$100 Potpourri
What is hyperbole?
$200 Potpourri
Brave New World and 1984 are
examples of this type of a
society.
$200 Potpourri
What is a dystopia?
$300 Potpourri
Lord of the Flies is one of these, which means
it has both literal and symbolic meanings.
$300 Potpourri
What is an allegory?
$400 Potpourri
These two terms are a
reoccurring idea in a work and
the central meaning.
$400 Potpourri
What are motif and theme?
$500 Potpourri
The sudden realization of his error and
the emotional release that he experiences
are these terms that contribute to a tragic
hero’s experience.
$500 Potpourri
What are illumination and catharsis?
$100 Poetry
These are the two main types of sonnets.
$100 Poetry
What are Petrarchan, or Italian,
and Shakespearean?
$200 Poetry
In this Victorian poem, a man’s wife
was killed because the narrator claims
that she flirted with everyone and did
not appreciate his "gift of a ninehundred-years- old name."
$200 Poetry
What is “My Last Duchess”?
$300 Poetry
In these types of poems, like those written by
Christopher Marlowe, common characteristic
include a theme about love and the inclusion
of shepherds.
$300 Poetry
What are pastoral poems?
$400 Poetry
When asked about writing this type of
poetry with no fixed rhyme scheme,
Frost said, "I'd just as soon play
tennis with the net down."
$400 Poetry
What is free verse poetry?
$500 Poetry
These two types of poems are written to
tell a story and to express strong emotions.
$500 Poetry
What are ballads and lyrics?
“S” Literary Terms
Final Jeopardy
These two literary terms are the repetition of
the S sound and when a part is representative
of the whole, like in the phrase,
“All hands on deck.”
Final Jeopardy Answer
What are sibilance and synechdoche?