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Cards in this guide (19)
What is the use of a portion or part of something to represent the whole

synecdoche

Which movement proposed that family history and environment were the main influences on the development of a person's character

Naturalism

Which of these is a literary work that is an account of the daily personal thoughts and experiences of an individual

diary

Which of these is a literary work that uses the supernatural and elements of horror and was popular in the late 1700s and early 1800s

Gothic Novel

Which type of literary work has a setting and simple plot and can range from as few as five hundred words to as many as 20000 words

Short Story

Mimi had 174 to buy tickets to a concert The adult tickets cost 10.50 and the student tickets cost 7.50 She bought 4 more student tickets than adult tickets How many student tickets did she buy

12 student tickets

Which of these genres would an author use to record the events and personal experiences of his or her life

Memoir

What was the period of industrialization between the Civil War 1861-1865 to the end of the nineteenth century in America known as

Gilded age

Which best describes the Victorian Age

The Victorian Age was a time period that began in 1837 and ended in 1901.

Which of these terms is defined as the use of praise to mock someone or something

Sarcasm

Which of these is a personal written account of the daily experiences thoughts and impressions of an individual but is less personal than a diary

journal

The word sagacious as used in the passage most likely means which of the following

shrewd

What forms of organization arranges events in the order in which they occurred

chronological order

Which of these definitions best describes narration A work of literature that tells a story

a work of literature that tells a story. (A+)

When all the students dropped their books at the same time a deafening silence commanded the room what literary technique is used in this sentence

This is a common literary technique called bad writing. If everyone dropped their books at the same time, there would not be silence. As for the technical term, "deafening silence" is an oxymoron.

Who wrote the book Seize the Day

Seize the Day was written by Saul Bellow. Published in 1956, Seize the Day was Saul Bellow's fourth novel about a failed actor who has to come to terms with his own personality and failures.

What is a mock epic

A humorous poem about an unimportant matter.

Which of these terms is a name used by an author as a substitute for his or her legal name

The term is pen name.

What is the Electra complex

refers to a daughter's relationship with her father

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