100 English LIT #1

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Who did Ray Bradbury call to find out the temperature that book paper burns? (Fahrenheit 451)

Using language that normally signifies the opposite typically for humorous effect.

Who wrote the story A Sound of Thunder?

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly, an indirect or passing reference.

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

True or False: S.E. Hinton wrote the novel "The Outsiders" while she was still in High School.

Who wrote the novel "The Outsiders?"

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie or other fictional text.

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non human.

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

What famous film maker directed the film version of "The Outsiders?"

Ray Bradbury would not write on a computer because of his fear of technology?

Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet?"

What is the name of the main character in S. E. Hinton's "The Outsiders?"

An idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature.

In what year does S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" take place?

In the story the "Veldt" what were the children obsessed with?

Where does the book "The Outsiders" take place?

A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.

What author wrote the short story "The Veldt."

The creation or construction of a fictional character. A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone.

Joke exploiting the different possible meanings a word the fact that there are words which sound alike different meaning

In the story the "Veldt" what were the children's names?

In what year was Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" written?

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something an adversary.

A warning or indication of a future event.

Who wrote the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay?"

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.

Poem with 14 lines.

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.