The poetic foot consisting of an accented syllable

followed by an unaccented syllable is the

The term indicating the degree to which a work

creates the semblance, or appearance, of the truth is

Something that is itself and which also stands for

something else and that, in a literary sense, com-

bines a literal and sensuous quality with an abstract

or suggestive aspect is a(n)

A work or manner that blends censorious attitude

with humor and wit for improving human institu-

tions or humanity is

Originally, the term for the first actor in early

Greek drama and now the term for the chief

character in a work is

Not a British writer honored by being awarded

a Nobel Prize for Literature is

The rule-governed arrangement of words in

sentences is

A cheaply produced paperbound novel or

novelette of mystery, adventure, or violence

popular in the late nineteenth and early

twentieth centuries in England is the

The author of Light in August, The Sound and

the Fury, The Unvanquished, As I Lay Dying,

and Absalom, Absalom! is

A term often applied to the Neoclassic Period in

English Literature and sometimes to the Revolu-

tionary and Early National Period in American

Literature because these periods emphasized self-

knowledge, self-control, the rule of order, as well

as decorum in life and art, is the

The repetition of initial consonant sounds or any

vowel sounds in successive or closely associated

syllables is recognized as

Not likely to sit down at the local pub or tavern to

share a drink with the others listed below is

The presentation of events in a work of literature in

such a way that later events are prepared for is called

The first major, self-conscious literary movement

of African American writers that resulted in part

from a massive migration of young talented writers

to northern American cities is known as the

A period in English literary history that begins

with the First World War and whose literary

voices include the poets Yeats, Eliot, and

Hardy and whose experimental fiction includes

works by Woolf, Joyce and, to some degree,

Conrad is the

An expression used in informal conversation

but not accepted universally in formal speech

or writing is a(n)

The recipient of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for

Fiction for The Optimist's Daughter is

The only one of the unities to which Aristotle

directly refers in his Poetics is

The art of beautiful handwriting, which, during

the Middle Ages, characterized the monks'

painstaking copying of ancient manuscripts, is

known as

A central idea that in nonfiction prose is recognized

as the general topic and in fiction, poetry, and

drama is considered the abstract concept made

concrete through representation is a(n)

An illustrative story teaching a lesson that in its

true intent and form parallels an allegory is a(n)

The term coined by E. M. Forster for a character

sufficiently complex to be able to surprise the

reader without losing credibility is

A sustained and formal poem setting forth medita-

tions on death or another solemn theme is a(n)

The term, which in drama, refers to a particular

kind of play as originally defined in Aristotle's

Poetics and which recounts a causally related se-

quence of events in the life of a person of signifi-

cance, culminating in an unhappy catastrophe, the

whole treated with dignity and seriousness, is

Historically, the term referring to poets who

recited verses glorifying the deeds of heroes

and leaders to the accompaniment of a musical

instrument such as the harp is

The recipient of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for

Poetry for her collection Thomas and Beulah is

Not among the twelfth- and thirteenth-century

authors contributing to the wealth of matter

constituting the Arthurian legends is

The recipient of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for

Drama for his play Our Town is

A form of light verse that follows a definite

pattern, including the use of the anapestic foot,

which originated as epigrammatic song but now

addresses, among a wide range of subject mat-

ter, the manners, the morals, and the peculiar-

ities of imaginary people, is the

Where does Attitucs's family go each Christmas?

Francis is Scout's

Why does Jem destroy Mrs. Dubose's flowers?

Killing a mockingbird is a sin because

This characer spits in Atticus's face.

What is Hickey's wife's name?

What is the name of the loophole under which Harry's bar operates?

What does the Movement propound?

What is the Coast?

What movement of American playwriting does Iceman belong to?

Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?

Who wrote 154 Sonnets in the Renaissance Time period?

Who wrote The Iceman Cometh?

Who is Mrs. Brown's favorite author?