Characteristics of Modes of Writing

Question 1

Satire

Answer 1

Mixes a critical attitude with humor, wit or ridicule for the purpose of correcting human behavior or improving a situation

Question 2

Parody

Answer 2

Imitates and makes fun of another, usually more serious, piece of work: Comedy and Criticism

Question 3

Allegory

Answer 3

Story in which characters, objects and actions have another meaning. Characters usually become what they stand for. Ex. Faithful, Hopeful, Mr. Worldly Wiseman, Mr. Cruelty.

Question 4

Farce

Answer 4

Comedy based on improbable situation

Question 5

Tragedy

Answer 5

End disastrously for one character

Question 6

Pastoral

Answer 6

Literary work that depicts the simple pleasures of rustic life. Exaggerate peace and simplicity of rural life.

Question 7

Christopher Marlowe wrote…

Answer 7

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

Question 8

Lyric Poem

Answer 8

Poems that communicate personal thoughts and feelings with musical component

Question 9

Sonnet

Answer 9

14 line poem usually in Iambic pentameter

Question 10

Ode

Answer 10

Came from Greek word “To Sing”

Question 11

Which story is set in Nigeria during the 1890s?

Answer 11

Things Fall Apart by China Achebe

Question 12

Which of the following authors frequently used Mississippi as the setting for his stories?

Answer 12

William Faulkner

Question 13

What is the theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby?

Answer 13

The decline of the American Dream

Question 14

Integral Setting

Answer 14

Essential to plot

Question 15

Backdrop setting

Answer 15

Not essential to plot

Question 16

Bartleby the Scrivner

Answer 16

Herman Melville