The document is a game of Jeopardy about literary terms. It contains questions in different categories with point values ranging from 100 to 5000. The questions test knowledge of literary devices, genres, characters and their roles, elements of plot, and other concepts in literature.
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6. A technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story. Example: When Carlson shoots Candy’s dog, we know that later George will shoot Lennie. A 100 Q
12. When the audience knows something that the characters don’t “ Gonna do it soon”… We know that George is going to shoot Lennie in the back of the head, but Lennie does not. A 400 Q
14. Two seemingly contradictory ideas that actually reveal some truth Example: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” A 500 Q
18. 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. B 200 Q
20. The overall feeling of a work, related to tone and mood. This is often defined by setting as well. Example: The bad weather on the island before the boys kill Simon sets a tense __________. B 300 Q
24. The scene in a tragedy which includes the death or moral destruction of the protagonist. The “turning downward”/ denoument of the plot in a classical tragedy. B 500 Q
30. C 300 Q A story in which the characters represent abstract qualities or ideas. Example: The story of the boys on the island reflects the larger world. Specific characters reflect specific people/types of people in the real world.
35. Any emotional discharge which brings about a moral or spiritual renewal or welcome relief from tension and anxiety. The usual intent is for an audience to leave feeling this relief from tension or anxiety after having viewed a play. C 500 Q
39. 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. D 200 Q
45. Suggestions and associations which surround a word as opposed to its bare, literal meaning. Example: “Jolly” means “happy”, but you probably also thought of Santa. D 500 Q
53. Form of discourse that explains, defines, and interprets. The word is also applied to the beginning portion of a plot in which background information about the characters and situation is set forth E 400 Q
55. A sudden moment of realization in a story or play, often triggered by a mundane event. Originally a religious term for a worldly manifestation of God’s presence. E 500 Q
61. A humorous scene, incident, or remark occurring in the midst of a serious or tragic literary selection and deliberately designed to relieve emotional intensity and simultaneously to heighten, increase, and highlight the seriousness or tragedy of the action. F 300 Q
65. A literary genre depicting serious actions that usually have a disastrous outcome for the protagonist. Strictly speaking, the term applies only to drama, but it is now also used for novels. F 500 Q
67. A rhetorical device in which contradictory terms (usually an adjective and a noun) are combined. Example: “Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!” (Juliet describing Romeo). A 1000 Q
79. A play on words or the humorous use of a word emphasizing a different meaning or application. They have been called by some “the lowest form of humor.” Example: Mercutio as he is dying in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet : “Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.” B 2000 Q
100. A character who serves as a contrast to another perhaps more primary character, so as to point out specific traits of the primary character. D 2000 Q
104. A lyric poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to certain definite patterns. It usually expresses a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment. There are three different forms: Petrarchan Shakespearean, and Miltonic. D 4000 Q