Lit Terms
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
When a writer drops hints about what will come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The narrator of The Book Thief.
What is Death?
Many viewers theorize this is simply a retelling of Pocohontas but on a different planet.
What is Avatar?
13-year-old Brian Robeson survives alone in the Canadian wilderness for 54 days after a plane crash.
What is Hatchet?
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
What is a clock?
The central unifying idea of a story.
What is a theme?
Liesel's last name in The Book Thief.
What is Meminger?
Directed by Wes Anderson, this is a stop motion film adapted from a beloved children's book written by Roald Dahl.
What is Fantastic Mr. Fox?
Coming-of-age epistolary novel about a quiet 15-year-old freshman named Charlie navigating high school, trauma, and self-discovery
What is The Perks of Being a Wallflower?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What can you serve but never eat?
What is a tennis ball?
A recurring element such as an image, sound, and action that appears repeatedly throughout a story
What is a motif?
Romeo's unrequited love at the beginning of the play.
Who is Rosalind?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
A very famous Horror movie directed by Stanley Kubrick adapted from a novel by Stephen King starring Jack Nicholson.
What is The Shining?
The author of 1984 and Animal Farm.
Who is George Orwell?
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
What is a map?
A plot device where an unsolvable conflict or hopeless situation is suddenly and unexpectedly resolved by an implausible character, object, or event
What is deus ex machina?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
The city that Romeo and Juliet take places in.
What is Verona?
Name one other film adaptation that stars Matt Damon other than the Odyssey.
What is...
The Martian, The Bourne Identity, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Rainmaker, All the Pretty Horses, Ford vs. Ferrari, or We Bought a Zoo?
Name one book written by any of the following authors:
Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Pynchon, Henry Miller, Virginia Woolf, Larry McMurtry, or Toni Morrison
What is...
(too many to list)
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
What is the letter "R"?
The specific spark, urgent problem, or issue that prompts a writer to create a text.
What is exigence?
The location of Romeo's hideout after he is exiled.
What is Mantua?
What is...
Dobby gives Harry the Gillyweed in the book, Neville tells him about it in the movie?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Name one author from any of the following countries:
Argentina, France, Russia, or Germany
What is...
(too many to list)
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
What is because they are married?