The Scarlet Letter +YGB + UTC
Grammer and Lit. Stuff
Short stories
The Raven
Characters
100

What does the A stand for, and what does it change to?

Adultery at first, but then Able.

100
Difference between simile and metaphor?
Simile - comparison of two unlike objects using "like" or "as"

Metaphor - comparison of two unlike objects not using 'like" or "as"

100
In The Lottery, what is on the slip of paper that the unknowing victim picks from the box?
A slip of paper with the black spot.
100
What's the first line?

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary"

100

Which story is Goody Cloyse from?

Young Goodman Brown.

200

What two things does Faith's pink ribbons symbolize?

Purity and innocence

200

Define assonance.

Repetition of vowel sounds.
200

According to The Most Dangerous Game, the world is moade up of what two classes?

Hunters and hunted.

200

Who is Pallas from the Bust of Pallas that the Raven perches on?

Greek godess of wisdom

200

Which story is Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves from?

The Lottery.

300

In Uncle Tom's Cabin, what does Eliza crossing the Ohio River symbolize?

Journey to freedom like the Israelites crossing the Red Sea.

300

What is an internal rhyme?

A rhyme within a line.

300

Where and when does The Cask of Amontillado take place?

Carnival in Italy at the Catacombs.

300

Setting

Midnights in the man's chamber-room.

300

Which story is Laura from?

Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed.

400

What meaning do Dimmesdale and the townspeople give to the meteor?

    “Angel” because Gov. Winthrop died. 

    He thinks “Adultery” for his shame. 

400
What is a couplet and a triplet?

Couplet - two lines of poetry

Triplet - three lines of poetry

400

Why do the rockets stop coming to Mars from Earth in "DTWAGE?"

Atom bombs hit New York and blew up all of the space rockets.

400

Name of the lady he's mourning over?

Lenore

400

True or False: Wilmo was from Uncle Tom's Cabin.

False, not actually a real character.

500

What is a primordial symbol and name an example in YGB.

Primordial symbol is a symbol that exists since the beginning of time and means the same thing. The forest is an example in YGB, symbolizing bad things.

500

What is a sonnet?

14 line poem with a set rhyme scheme.

500

Define foreshadowing and give an example of it in The Lottery.

Foreshadowing - clues as to what will happen later in the story.The children gather stones at the beginning of the story.

500

What does he hate the Raven?

Because it haunts him and tells him he will never see or embrace Lenore once more.

500

What are the kids' Martian names they change to in Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed.

Linnl, Ttil, Werr

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