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1This short story begins with a group debate about capital punishment. It ends with a lawyer exiting solitary confinement before he would have won two million rubles from a banker. This is the plot of what story by Anton Chekhov?

2When a writer refers to another character, place, thing, or literary work is called .....

3A reference to a well-known literary work, religious writings, mythology, etc. is called a(n)

4LITERARY ELEMENTS / TECHNIQUES:"I'd better get home before I turn into a pumpkin!" Lila remarked. (Cinderella)The words above are an example of .....

5Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong and Jacob Lawrence are all associated with what African-American cultural movement in the 1920s?

6What literary element or device is BEST illustrated in this quotation"If we produced anything less than the Resurrection, she was going to be disappointed"

7What type of rhetorical device is this: "Chocolate cake is my kryptonite."

8Fantasy often employs archetypal characters (the hero, the mentor, the shadow) derived from:

9Who is Queen Mab?

10Identify the type of figurative language: If good Saint Dunston had but nipped the Evil Spirits nose with a touch .....

11In The Prologue, Bradstreet's appeal to "Bartas" invokes

12"Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-" ("The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe)This passage mentions "Pallas," which is the name of a well-known Greek goddess. In this context, "Pallas" is an example of .....

13She was a regular Einstein in science class during the lab.

14Orwell uses Animal Farm as a platform for

15Dracula is the most famous

16She's reading "Alibaba and Forty ..... "

17What is significant about Janice using a plastic dagger when they are plotting Regina's demise?

18What are the names of the two families in conflict with one another?

19Can you spot the allusion in the following sentences? Help Daniel, Ethan, and Anika figure it out!

20"Cain were an upright man, and yet he did kill Abel."

21What is it called when a writer refers to a well-known person, place, event, work of art, or piece of literature?

22What literary device is used here?: "When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn't necessary."

23Why did everyone go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury?

24The Bible uses the ..... as an example of being wise.

25Identify the type of Figurative Language used below."She's a good swimmer, but she's no Ariel."

26A brief symbolic reference to a well known or familiar person, place, event, literary work, author, work of art, historical event, musical work, film or movie

27Vaughan's 'The Retreat' has been compared to Wordsworth's

28A reference to a well-known person, story, or idea in poetry is known as a what?

29Identify the type of figurative language: Plenty's horn was atop his head.

30When an author 'alludes to' a historical event, how does this typically differ from when they 'cite' it?

31"Frailty, thy name is women" is from which famous Shakespeare's play?

32POETIC DEVICE: "Don't you know there's no such place as Neverland"

33The title's reference to the original story is an example of what literary element?

34In T Swift's song, "Cardigan," the lyric, "tried to change the ending, Peter losing Wendy" is what literary device?

35Choose the sentence that contains an allusion.

36Hopkins's phrase "Because the Holy Ghost over the bent / World broods" echoes:

37Slave of Reverend Parris, from Barbados, showed the girls witchcraft in the woods

38Name the character described " ..... adding her own vile pinch to make them lose desire or thoughts of our dear fatherland ..... she flew after them with her long stick and shut them in a pigsty ..... "

39A reference to previous literature or something in history-

40"Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel" is an example of

41He's the Lebron James of our team.

42Which word is used in some poetic or rhetorical contexts to refer to England?

43Shrek is an example of which of the following .....?

44The fairy who brings dreams who Mercutio teases Romeo about

45The world dominated by cold and hypocritical materialists is represented by William Blake in the mythological figure of ......

46What book characters does Mrs. Sutton have a picture with?

47Because Nick was late for work, he drove faster than a Jedi heading to the Death Star.What is this an example of?

48Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "The author's reference to 'the land of the free and the home of the brave' is an example of which rhetorical device?"

49Which figurative language device is used in this sentence: "A Good Samaritan helped the old lady cross the street."

50"Very proud you must be of of your archer's skills, and of you arrow that slew the great Achilles; yet I also have my skill, and the bow in my hands was drawn by the mighty Heracles himself!"

51Chaucer's House of fame is Modeled on

52Who are the sirens?

53Half Man-Half Bull that lived in the Labyrinth at Crete.

54Which literary device refers to a well-known fictional, mythological, or historical person, place, or event outside the story?

55What were they going to Canterbury to see?

56A reference to a well-known person, place, or event from literature, sports, history, movies, or the arts.

57Away! Away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards

58"It's less than likely, move back, Let I breathe, Jedi knight The more space I get, the better I write" . This is an example of which literary device?

59An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or object in history or in a literary work, (literary, biblical, and mythological).

60A reference to a literary or historical event, person, or place

61Which repeated phrase in King's speech has additional power because it is from a familiar patriotic song?