Macbeth
The Joy Luck Club
Literary Terms
Last Semester
Writers on the Walls
100

According to his wife, Macbeth is too full of this. 

What is the milk of human kindness?

100

Much like Beethoven, this character enjoyed piano in spite of deafness. 

Who is Old Chong?

100

Example: you're as cold as ice!

What is a simile?

100

This poem is posted in Mr. Hundert's classroom in The Palace Thief.

What is "Ozymandias"?

100

This is Miss Awbrey's favorite author ever. He's also on the fridge!

Who is Kurt Vonnegut?

200

Horses start doing this after Duncan's murder.

What is cannibalism?

200

This piece used in Waverly's favorite game can move in an L-shaped pattern. 

What is a knight?

200

Examples: the ear of corn, the emblem of Washington, etc. 

What is a symbol?

200

This type of poetry romanticizes country life and often focuses on shepherds, nymphs, and mythological figures. 

What is pastoral poetry?

200

Originally published in Spanish as Cien Años de Soledad, this book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a mutigenerational, magical realist epic following the Buendia family in the fictional city of Macondo.

What is One Hundred Years of Solitude?

300

In spite of the witches' prophecies, this young character does not become king by the end of the play.

Who is Fleance (Banquo's son)?

300

This stone was used in Jing-mei's "life's importance."

What is jade?

300

Examples: sci-fi, fantasy, horror. 

What is genre?

300

While revered after his death, this man received only a 32% positive approval rating when Gallup polled the public in 1966.

Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?

300

Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me are among the many excellent movies based on this author's works.

Who is Stephen King?

400

His father is Duncan and his brother is Donalbain.

Who is Malcolm?

400

The Joy Luck Club played this tile-based game. 

What is mah jong?

400

Enemies of people like Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen, or Percy Jackson. 

What is an antagonist?

400

This was the code name of the Mirabal sisters, about whom Julia Alvarez wrote her second novel, In the Time of the Butterflies.

Who are Las Mariposas?

400

A dentist might like the title of this book by Zadie Smith.

What is White Teeth?

500

According to Macbeth in his famous "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" speech, life is but a tale told by this kind of person. 

What is an idiot?

500

The Joy Luck Club is told from this perspective, using pronouns like "I," "me," and "my."

What is the first person?

500

This is basically a fancy word for a reference. 

What is an allusion?

500

This poet, who wrote "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," was killed at the age of 29 in a tavern brawl.

Who is Christopher Marlowe?

500

It's actually the name of the doctor. 

What is Frankenstein?

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