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Vocabulary Narrator’s
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Literary
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$100 Answer from Vocabulary
Most desirable; maximum; total
“_______ darkness occurs at ohthree hundred hours” (Philbrick.
56)
$100 Question from Vocabulary
What is optimum?
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synonym for the word.
$200 Answer from Vocabulary
A remembering of something:
Her _________ of the event was a bit
hazy because she hit her head, but
she still spoke fondly about the
incident.
$200 Question from
Vocabulary
What is reminiscence?
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denote the word’s prefix.
$300 Answer from Vocabulary
To place something on top of
something else:
Antonio’s face was_________ on the
screen, so that Felix would only see
Antonio as the challenger.
$300 Question from
Vocabulary
What is superimposed?
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denote a prefix that is antonymous to
this word’s prefix.
$400 Answer from Vocabulary
A state of being susceptible to injury or
damage (physically, emotionally, or
spiritually)
Because he did not protect his computer
with an anti-virus program, it was
__________.
$400 Question from
Vocabulary
What is vulnerable?
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suffix and part of speech and explain
the meaning of the suffix
$500 Answer from Vocabulary
To get rid of; to eliminate:
It’s time to _________ your belief
that cold weather will make you
sick. Bacteria and viruses are
actually the culprits.
$500 Question from
Vocabulary
What is dispel?
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denote the word’s prefix and provide
an antonym for the word
$100 Answer from Narrator’s
Perspective
The perspective that features a narrator
who is not a character in the story and
who only provides actions and
dialogue---no thoughts or feelings
$100 Question from Narrator’s
Perspective
What is third-person objective?
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text to the perspective
$200 Answer from Narrator’s
Perspective
The narrator is a character in the story
and uses pronouns such as I, we, me,
us, our, and ours.
$200 Question from Narrator’s
Perspective
What is first person?
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text to the perspective
$300 Answer from Narrator’s
Perspective
The narrator is not a character and is
able to provide the thoughts and
feelings of all characters.
$300 Question from Narrator’s
Perspective
What is third-person omniscient?
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the perspective
$400 Answer from Narrator’s
Perspective
The narrator is not a character in the
story but is only able to reveal the
thoughts and feelings of one character.
$400 Question from Narrator’s
Perspective
What is third-person limited?
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the perspective
$500 Answer from Narrator’s
Perspective
A narrator whose perspective is limited
by his age, maturity, biases, etc.
$500 Question from Narrator’s
Perspective
What is an unreliable narrator?
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examples of unreliable narrators and
explain why they are unreliable
$100 Answer from Literary
Terms
A reference to something the audience
should understand without going into
detail:
In The Raven, Poe refers to “the balm
of Gilead,” which his audience at that
time understood was a reference to the
book of Jeremiah.
$100 Question from Literary
Terms
What is an allusion?
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allusion in one of the texts that we read
this semester
$200 Answer from Literary
Terms
An object that represents (stands for) another
object or concept:
For example, the “balm in Gilead” represents
healing/salvation for Israel or just healing in
general.
$200 Question from Literary
Terms
What is a symbol, or what is
symbolism?
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example of symbolism within one of
the texts we read this semester.
$300 Answer from Literary
Terms
A contrast between what was expected to
happen and what actually occurs:
In The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,
readers don’t expect that the monsters end up
being the residents of Maple Street.
$300 Question from Literary
Terms
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What is situational irony?
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example of situational irony within one
of the texts we have read this semester
$400 Answer from Literary
Terms
A contrast between what one says and what
he or she actually means
For example, a student might say, “Yes,
just what I wanted: more homework!
$400 Question from Literary
Terms
What is verbal irony?
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with another example of verbal irony
$500 Answer from Literary
Terms
A contrast between what the audience knows
and what a character knows:
A character talks on and on about how loyal
and trustworthy his friend is, but the audience
knows that this character’s friend has actually
betrayed him.
$500 Question from Literary
Terms
What is dramatic irony?
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of dramatic irony
$100 Answer from Genre /
Subgenre
A subgenre of drama that features a
cast of characters, stage directions, and
is meant to be performed on t.v.
$100 Question from Genre /
Subgenre
What is a teleplay?
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with a text
$200 Answer from Genre /
Subgenre
The category of literature that provides
the details of real-life events, which
follow the traditional plot elements
$200 Question from Genre /
Subgenre
What is narrative nonfiction?
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subgenre
$300 Answer from Genre /
Subgenre
The genre that features supernatural
elements, coupled with the explanation
for how things originated
$300 Answer from Genre /
Subgenre
What is mythology?
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text
$400 Answer from Genre /
Subgenre
The subgenre of poetry that usually is
humorous, has five lines (for which
lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme, and 3 and 4
rhyme)
$400 Question from Genre /
Subgenre
What is a limerick?
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names for the type of poetry that is set
to rules and patterns
$500 Answer from Genre /
Subgenre
A subgenre of literature that is
characterized by imaginary events
that are set in an obvious historical
context with some circumstances
that actually occurred and maybe
some characters who were real
$500 Question from Genre /
Subgenre
What is historical fiction?
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the subgenre