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Round 1
Poetic Forms
$200
A mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead.
$400
This Japanese-inspired form consists of three lines with a syllable structure of 5-7-5.
$600
A narrative poem composed of four-line stanzas with an ABCB rhyme scheme.
$800
A long, lyrical poem addressed to a particular subject, often elevated in style and tone.
$1000
A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Victorian Authors
$200
He wrote 'Great Expectations' and 'A Tale of Two Cities'.
$400
She penned 'Jane Eyre' under the pseudonym Currer Bell.
$600
This author of 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' set many stories in the fictional county of Wessex.
$800
She authored 'Middlemarch', a profound study of provincial life.
$1000
He served as the poet laureate for over forty years, writing 'In Memoriam A.H.H.'.
Shakespearean Plays
$200
The Moor of Venice is manipulated into murderous jealousy by Iago.
$400
The tragedy featuring the Prince of Denmark seeking revenge against his uncle.
$600
A comedy involving the shipwrecked Viola who disguises herself as a man named Cesario.
$800
A play set in Verona involving two star-crossed lovers from feuding families.
$1000
This history play depicts the rise and fall of a king who famously cried 'A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!'
Romantic Era Writers
$200
This poet wrote 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.
$400
Author of 'Don Juan', he was a central figure in the Romantic movement.
$600
Known for his collaboration on 'Lyrical Ballads', he is the author of 'The Prelude'.
$800
He wrote 'Ode to a Nightingale' and died at a very young age in Rome.
$1000
She wrote the gothic masterpiece 'Frankenstein'.
Classic Novels
$200
Jane Austen's story about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
$400
Jonathan Swift penned this satire featuring travels to lands like Lilliput.
$600
Daniel Defoe wrote this survival story about a man stranded on a desert island.
$800
Virginia Woolf wrote this experimental novel which follows a single day in the life of a high-society woman.
$1000
William Golding's novel about schoolboys stranded on an island who descend into savagery.
Literary Terms
$200
The central character in a story, often the hero.
$400
The turning point or moment of highest tension in a narrative.
$600
The underlying message or central idea explored in a literary work.
$800
A technique where an author gives hints about future events in the story.
$1000
A figure of speech involving the comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.
Double Jeopardy
Poetic Forms
$400
A rigid French form consisting of fifteen lines, featuring two rhymes and a repeating refrain.
$800
A verse form consisting of eight iambic lines, followed by a final triplet.
$1200
An elaborate, structured poem of twenty lines with two repeating rhymes throughout.
$1600
This meter consists of unrhymed iambic pentameter and was the preferred structure for much of the dramatic and epic poetry written by John Milton and William Shakespeare.
$2000
A complex lyrical poem with a seven-line stanza and a specific rhyme scheme, typically addressed to someone.
Victorian Authors
$400
The sister of Charlotte and Emily, she wrote 'Agnes Grey'.
$800
This poet and critic wrote 'The Forsaken Merman' and 'Dover Beach'.
$1200
Known for 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', he was a leading figure of the Aesthetic movement.
$1600
He authored the sensation novel 'The Woman in White'.
$2000
Author of 'Vanity Fair', a novel describing life in 19th-century Britain without a hero.
Shakespearean Plays
$400
The Scottish play featuring a titular character obsessed with power and a sleepwalking queen.
$800
This play features the fairy King Oberon and the weaver Bottom, who is transformed into a donkey.
$1200
A tragedy centering on a Roman general who is banished and later leads an army against his home city.
$1600
Set in Venice, this play revolves around a merchant who defaults on a loan from a moneylender.
$2000
This play tells the story of an aging monarch who divides his kingdom between his three daughters.
Romantic Era Writers
$400
She wrote the novel 'Persuasion' and 'Emma'.
$800
This essayist wrote 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'.
$1200
A poet and painter, he created his own mythology in 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'.
$1600
Known for his satirical novels like 'Headlong Hall', he was a friend of Shelley.
$2000
Author of 'Prometheus Unbound', he was married to the creator of Frankenstein.
Classic Novels
$400
George Orwell's dystopian tale of a surveillance state ruled by Big Brother.
$800
Joseph Conrad's exploration of imperialism and moral decay in the Congo.
$1200
E.M. Forster's study of social divisions and the clash of cultures in British India.
$1600
Emily Bronte's only novel, depicting the intense love between Catherine and Heathcliff.
$2000
H.G. Wells wrote this science fiction story about a man who traverses time to the far future.
Literary Terms
$400
Giving human qualities to non-human objects or ideas.
$800
The repeating of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
$1200
A statement that seems self-contradictory but reveals a deeper truth.
$1600
A character who serves as a contrast to another character, usually the protagonist.
$2000
An implied comparison between two things without using 'like' or 'as'.
Final Jeopardy · Literary Landmarks
This London house, once the home of the writer of 'The Waste Land', is now a museum dedicated to poets.
