READING: Genre

Question 1

A lengthy speech by a character in a drama

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Monologue

Question 2

Literary movement create by authors from formerly colonized countries or territories like India, Nigeria, or Puerto Rico

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Postcolonialism

Question 3

Moment in the narrative when the story reflects back on an earlier moment in time

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Flashback

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Short, three-line poems usually written about nature

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Haiku

Question 5

A poem that can be on various topics and lacks any pattern

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Free Verse

Question 6

Term currently use to describe literature written since the end of the second WW in 1945

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Contemporary Literature

Question 7

19 line poem with five tercets and a quatrain in a fixed verse form

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Villanelle

Question 8

Literary movement comprised of Mexican-American authors writing about the Mexican experience during 1960s

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Chicana/Chicano Literature

Question 9

A poem with six stanzas with six lines and a triplet at the very end

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Sestina

Question 10

Ninth line of a Petrarchan Sonnet

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Volta

Question 11

A poem that conveys feelings or emotions through imagery and figurative language

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Lyric Poem

Question 12

Started in 1830s, people have the ability to know and understand things beyond their intellectual manner

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Transcendentalism

Question 13

Indicates an unstressed, stressed syllable pattern

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Iambic

Question 14

During 1837-1901, a Queen named Victoria reigned in the British Empire. What was this literary period called?

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Victorian Literary Period

Question 15

In 1901-1945, British literature was influenced by modernism which opposed the values of Victorian period/tradition

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British Modernist Period

Question 16

The pattern of end rhyme in a stanza or poem

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Rhyme Scheme

Question 17

English writer who provided a commentary on the political climate in Europe ("Gunga Din")

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Rudyard Kipling

Question 18

Three quatrains and a couplet

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Shakespearean Sonnet

Question 19

Writing that describes imaginary events and/or people

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Fiction

Question 20

The main enemy of the protagonist; usually the villan

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Antagonist

Question 21

Theatrical works that focus on the absurdity of the human jouney through life

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Theatre of the Absurd

Question 22

A five-line stanza (Limericks)

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Quintet

Question 23

During 1600-1830, which literary period started the English colonies of North America before the US was founded?

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Colonial Literary Period

Question 24

American literature that focused on daily life and social issues as well as imagination/fantasy of Romanticism 1870-1910

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American Realism and Naturalism Period

Question 25

Narrative technique in which the problem in the story all of a sudden is solved

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Deus ex machina

Question 26

When the audience/reader know something the character does not

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Dramatic Irony

Question 27

Indicates a stressed, unstressed syllable pattern

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Trochaic

Question 28

A contemporary African-American poet, writer, and activist who wrote "Love Is"

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Nikki Giovanni

Question 29

Literary Movement that championed nature, romantic love, the individual, and the imagination; feelings of the person

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Romanticism Literary Movement

Question 30

Poems in which the first letter of each line of text spells a word

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Acrostic

Question 31

American literature influenced by Modernism, opposed values of traditional literature and society during 1910-1945

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American Modernist Period

Question 32

Writing based on factual information and that may tell a story or give information such as how to do something

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Nonfiction

Question 33

British poetry influenced by Romanticism but opposed values of Neoclassical period and traditional Literature

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British Romantic Period

Question 34

The narrator or character hints at a future plot point

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Foreshadowing

Question 35

Indicates an unstressed, unstressed, stressed syllable pattern

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Anapest

Question 36

Literary movement that called for a break from traditional values and style, and stream of consciousness

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Modernism Literary Movement

Question 37

Literary movement developed after the end of the second WW in 1945 that questions the values of modernism

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Postmodernism Literature

Question 38

A fourteen line stanza with a specific rhyme scheme

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Sonnet

Question 39

Creative writing written in verse and often including rhymes or heavy use of figurative language

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Poetry

Question 40

The repetition or the stressing of words or phrases

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Meter

Question 41

Various forms of texts icluding short stories, essays, folktales, fairytales, poetry, comedies, etc

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Genre

Question 42

Humorous five line poems with a consistent AABBA rhyme scheme

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Limerick

Question 43

A long, narrative poem featuring a hero on a journey while performing extraordinary acts

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Epic

Question 44

funny, amusing, and light-hearted dramatic literature

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Comedy

Question 45

Unrhymed poetic lines in an unstressed, stressed syllable patern

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Blank Verse

Question 46

Two lines that rhyme

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Couplet

Question 47

Genre of literature associated with romanticism but include addtional elements of horror or mystery

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Gothic Genre

Question 48

14 line poem in which the last words in the first, fourth, fifth, and eighth lines rhyme

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Petrarchan Sonnet

Question 49

Lines chunked together in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose

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Stanza

Question 50

Four-line stanzas with a set rhyme scheme

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Quatrain

Question 51

Groups of authors writing in a similar style whose works express similar worldviews

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Literary Movement

Question 52

An American poet who had a clear, simple word choice ("Stopping by woods on a snowy evening")

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Robert Frost

Question 53

English poet who was one of the doinant voices in the Romanticism movement ("Ode to a Nighingale")

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John Keats

Question 54

An American poet who wrote serious, emotional works in a tradtional ballad format ("Because I could not stop for death")

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Emily Dickinson

Question 55

A metrical unit composed of both stressed and unstressed syllables

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Foot

Question 56

British literature known for an interest in classical and biblical themes, as well as satire during 1660-1785

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Neoclassical Period

Question 57

Literary movement based in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in 1920s and 1930s featuring African-American action

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Harlem Renaissance Literature

Question 58

Known as the era of medieval literature written in Old English, poetry with Christian and heroic themes during 500-1066

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Old English Period

Question 59

English literature famous for drama (plays) and a focus on human character

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English Renaissance Period

Question 60

Indicates a stressed, unstressed, unstressed syllable pattern

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Dactyl

Question 61

A poetic form on various topics that follows a strict five-line syllabic pattern

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Cinquain

Question 62

A poem that poke fun at heroes and literature that features them

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Mock Epic

Question 63

Serious and thought-provoking dramatic literature

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Drama

Question 64

American literature influenced by Romanticism, opposed values of traditional literature and society during 1830-1870

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American Romantic Period

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READING: Genre

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