Literature Review

Which of the following stanzas consists of 6 lines of verse?

What form of fiction does "The Tell-Tale Heart" represent?

Which of the following texts does NOT belong with the others due to its form?

Which of the following forms of verse ends an English sonnet?

Which historical book did Shakespeare primarily consult when composing his plays?

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 unities that structures Greek drama?

Which of the following terms refers to the shoes ancient Greek actors wore?

Which of the following poets made extensive use of the priamel technique in his odes?

Which of the following is NOT a story that fits the romantic mode of story telling?

Which of the following forms of censorship existed in Shakespeare's day?

To which of the following literary movements does "A&P" and "The Necklace" belong?

The dagger scene in Macbeth develops which of the following themes?

Which of the following terms refers to the "change" in a sonnet?

Which of the following stories does NOT represent realism/naturalism?

Which of the following offices acted as form of censorship during Shakespeare's time?

Which of the following authors developed the dramatic monologue?

Which of the following authors wrote in Early Modern English?

The form tale comes from the Old English talu, which translates to what?

Which of the following is NOT an element unique to Elizabethan drama?

What form of poetry recounts the heroic deeds of a specific culture or nation?

Which of the following authors wrote in Middle English?

Which of the following poets does NOT represent Ancient Greece?

A stanza of four lines is called an octave.

What term refers to a word’s literal meaning?

What slowly dying social structure is reflected in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales?

Which of the following poets belongs to the classical antiquity period?

Which of the following Italian poets developed the Italian Sonnet?

What terms describe the purging of the emotions of pity and fear by the audience of a tragedy?

Which of the following authors belongs to the Victorian Period?

Which of the following is Poe's theory that stories should be short and read in one sitting?

If a story features characters like “Mr. Wordly” or “Ms. Lust,” What type of story is this?

Which of the following forms of poetry has the primary function of telling a story?

Which of the following authors was a minimalist?

Which of the following works best represents Regionalism?

The word fiction comes from the Latin fictio, which means what?

Which of the following terms refers to a character who undergoes a change?

What term refers to a word’s common associations?

Which of the following represents Arthurian Romance?

Which of the following refers to the first song by a chorus in an Ancient Greek play?

Which of the following authors wrote In Memoriam?

What was the name of the small hut on stage in which ancient Greek actors changed costumes?

Entombment is a popular motif in Poe’s works that develops what theme?

Which of the following forms of poetry features an octave and a sestet?

Which of the following social structures existed in the medieval period?

Which of the following titles is NOT a form of fiction?

Which of the following forms of poetry has the primary function of teaching a body of knowledge?

What form of fiction does "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" represent?

Which of the following is NOT a contemporary dramatist of Sophocles'?

Which of the following is NOT a literary style primarily adopted by Shakespeare?

Which of the following historical events occurred during Shakespeare's lifetime?

What do you call a two syllable word that begins with a soft syllable and ends with a strong, accented one?

Which of the following refers to the masks ancient Greek actors wore?

Which of the following is NOT a form of lyric?

What literary element refers to a moment of deep insight and revelation?

Which of the following dramatic terms refers to the moment a tragic hero recognizes a truth?

Which of the following authors is NOT representative of the Victorian Period?

Elizabethan/Jacobean drama was performed during which time period?

Which of the following groups was responsible for banishing the theatre past the city limits?

Which of the following is NOT an estate depicted as a pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales?

Which of the following terms refers to the group of lines in a poem?

What famous English river divided Shakespeare's theaters from the city of London?

Which of the following stanzas consists of 4 lines?

Which of the following refers to the moment a tragic hero experiences a reversal of fortune?

What name was given to Elizabethan theater-goers who paid one penny to stand in front of the stage?