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Literary Terms
Jeopardy!!
Jeopardy – Round 1
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Round Two
Poetry
Drama
Story Elements
Characterization
Figurative
Language
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An arrangement of lines of verse in a
pattern usually repeated throughout the
poem
Poetry– 20 points
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Stanza
Poetry– 20 points
A type of poetry, distinguished by having a
regular meter, but no rhyme
Poetry– 40 points
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Blank Verse
Poetry– 40 points
The pattern of rhyme
Poetry– 60 points
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Rhyme Scheme
Poetry– 60 points
A lyric poem of fourteen lines, usually
in iambic pentameter, with rhymes
arranged according to certain definite
patterns
Poetry– 80 points
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Sonnet
Poetry– 80 points
A line or set of lines at the end of a stanza or
section of a longer poem or song--these lines
repeat at regular intervals in other stanzas or
sections of the same work
Poetry– 100 points
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Refrain
Poetry– 100 points
The lines spoken by a character or
characters in a play, essay, story, or
novel
Drama– 20 points
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Dialogue
Drama– 20 points
An extended, uninterrupted speech by a
character in a drama
Drama – 40 points
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Monologue
Drama – 40 points
A comedy which aims to entertain the
audience by means of unlikely, extravagant,
and improbable situations
Drama – 60 points
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Farce
Drama – 60 points
A short passage spoken by one character to
the audience while the other actors on stage
pretend their characters cannot hear the
speaker's words
Drama – 80 points
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Aside
Drama – 80 points
A literary device often used in drama
whereby a character relates his or her
thoughts and feelings without addressing
any of the other characters
Drama – 100 points
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Soliloquy
Drama – 100 points
Suggesting, hinting, indicating, or
showing what will occur later in a
narrative
Story Elements – 20 points
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Foreshadowing
Story Elements – 20 points
The opposition between two characters,
between two large groups of people, or
between the protagonist and a larger
problem such as forces of nature, ideas,
public mores, and so on
Story Elements – 40 points
Answer:
Conflict
Story Elements – 40 points
A technique of indicating, as through
character or plot development, an
intention or attitude opposite to that
which is actually stated
Story Elements – 60 points
Answer:
Irony
Story Elements – 60 points
DAILY DOUBLE!!
A casual reference in literature to a person, place,
event, or another passage of literature, often
without explicit identification
Story Elements – 80 points
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Allusion
Story Elements – 80 points
(Daily Double)
A major technique of characterization
that reveals the social or geographic
status of a character
Story Elements – 100 points
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Dialect
Story Elements – 100 points
A character whose personality changes or
evolves over the course of a narrative or
appears to have the capacity for such change
Characterization – 20 points
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Dynamic Character
Characterization – 20 points
The method of character development in
which the author simply tells what the
character is like
Characterization – 40 points
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Direct
Characterization
Characterization – 40 points
The character against whom the
protagonist struggles or contends
Characterization – 60 points
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Antagonist
Characterization – 60 points
A character who does not change or alter
his or her personality over the course of a
narrative or one without extensive
personality and characterization
Characterization – 80 points
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Flat Character
Characterization – 80 points
The writer reveals information about a
character and his personality through that
character's thoughts, words, and actions,
along with how other characters respond to
that character, including what they think
and say about him
Characterization – 100 points
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Indirect
Characterization
Characterization – 100 points
A figure of speech which involves a direct
comparison between two unlike things,
usually with the words “like” or “as”
Figurative Language – 20 points
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Simile
Figurative Language – 20 points
Repeating a consonant sound in close
proximity to others or beginning several
words with the same vowel sound
Figurative Language – 40 points
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Alliteration
Figurative Language – 40 points
A figure of speech which involves an
implied comparison between two relatively
unlike things using a form of “be”
Figurative Language – 60 points
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Metaphor
Figurative Language – 60 points
A figure of speech which gives the qualities
of a person to an animal, an object, or an
idea
Figurative Language – 80 points
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Personification
Figurative Language – 80 points
The use of sounds that are similar to the
noise they represent for a rhetorical or
artistic effect
Figurative Language – 100 points
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Onomatopoeia
Figurative Language – 100 points
Jeopardy – Round 2
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Final Jeopardy
Types of Lit
Story Elements
Poetry
Types of Lit II
Misc Lit Terms
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A document that describes the process,
progress, or results of technical or scientific
research or the state of a technical or
scientific research problem
Types of Lit – 20 points
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Technical Report
Types of Lit – 20 points
A brief story illustrating human tendencies
through animal characters
Types of Lit – 40 points
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Fable
Types of Lit – 40 points
The function of this type of essay is to show
that the assertion (opinion, theory,
hypothesis) about some phenomenon or
phenomena is correct or more truthful
Types of Lit – 60 points
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Argumentative
Types of Lit – 60 points
A serious play in which the chief character
passes through a series of misfortunes leading
to a final, devastating catastrophe
Types of Lit – 80 points
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Tragedy
Types of Lit – 80 points
In this type of writing, a writer takes a
position FOR or AGAINST an issue and
writes to convince the reader to believe or do
something.
Types of Lit – 100 points
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Persuasive
Types of Lit – 100 points
A central idea or statement that unifies and
controls an entire literary work
Story Elements – 20 points
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Theme
Story Elements – 20 points
DAILY DOUBLE
The choice of a particular word as opposed
to others
Story Elements– 40 points
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Diction
Story Elements – 40 points
(Daily Double)
The way an author conveys his attitude
about particular characters and subject
matters
Story Elements – 60 points
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Tone
Story Elements – 60 points
The way a story gets told and who tells it
Story Elements – 80 points
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Point of View
Story Elements – 80 points
The structure and relationship of actions and
events in a work of fiction
Story Elements – 100 points
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Plot
Story Elements – 100 points
Verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern
Poetry – 20 points
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Free Verse
Poetry – 20 Points
Two lines--the second line immediately
following the first--of the same metrical
length that end in a rhyme to form a
complete unit
Poetry – 40 points
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Couplet
Poetry – 40 Points
A lightly stressed syllable followed by a
heavily stressed syllable
Poetry – 60 points
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Iambic
Poetry – 60 Points
A recognizable though varying pattern of
stressed syllables alternating with syllables
of less stress
Poetry – 80 points
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Meter
Poetry – 80 Points
Repeating identical or similar vowels
(especially in stressed syllables) in nearby
words
Poetry – 100 points
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Assonance
Poetry – 100 Points
A brief prose tale
Types of Lit II – 20 points
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Short Story
Type of Lit II – 20 points
A literary composition, in verse or prose, in
which human folly and vice are held up to
scorn, derision, or ridicule
Types of Lit II – 40 points
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Satire
Types of Lit II – 40 points
DAILY DOUBLE
A story or account of events, experiences,
or the like, whether true or fictitious
Type of Lit II – 60 points
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Narrative
Types of Lit II – 60 points
(Daily Double)
A major form of Japanese verse, written in
17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and
5 syllables, often on the subject of nature or
one of the seasons
Types of Lit II – 80 points
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Haiku
Type of Lit II – 80 points
A long narrative about a serious subject focused on the
exploits of a hero or demi-god who represents the
cultural values of a race, nation, or religious group
Types of Lit II – 100 points
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Epic Poem
Types of Lit II – 100 points
Teaches a lesson through symbolism
Misc – 20 points
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Allegory
Misc – 20 points
The difference between what is expected to
happen and what actually does
Misc – 40 points
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Situational Irony
Misc – 40 points
A play on two words similar in sound but
different in meaning
Misc – 40 points
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Pun
Misc – 60 points
Having complete or unlimited knowledge,
awareness, or understanding; perceiving all
things
Misc – 80 points
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Omniscient
Misc – 80 points
Use of words, places, characters, or
objects that mean something beyond
what they are on a literal level
Misc – 100 points
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Symbolism
Misc – 100 points
FINAL JEOPARDY
Category:
Figure of Speech
Make Your Wagers…
QUESTION:
An extravagant statement or figure of speech
not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait
an eternity.”
Answer:
Hyperbole