Short Stories
Summer Assignments
Vocab
Literary Elements
Themes of Novels
100

In "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?", the name of the person that kidnapped Connie was...

Who is Arnold Friend?

100

The color of light at the end of Gatsby's dock was...

What is Green?

100

To explain in greater detail

What is Elaborate?

100

The time and place of an event or story

What is Setting?

100

Growing is a part of life that we all must face

What is Catcher in the Rye

200

In "Desiree's Baby" Desiree killed herself and her baby by...

What is drowning in the Bayou?

200

In the Glass Castle, Jeannette has this many siblings (Not including Jeannette herself)

What is Three?

200

To be followed by favorable circumstances

What is Auspicious?

200

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.


What is Anaphora?

200

Wealth does not always equate to happiness

What is The Great Gatsby

300

In "Strong Horse Tea" the main character uses this to collect the "tea"

What is her shoe?

300

When Jeannette and her father dug the foundations of the Glass Castle, it became filled with...

What is Garbage?

300

A binding or joining

What is Ligature?

300

A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true

What is Paradox?

300

Don't be accusatory if you lack proof

What is The Crucible

400

In "The Yellow Wallpaper," the woman was diagnosed with this sickness from her husband

What is Hysteria?

400

Very few people showed up to Gatsby's funeral. Two people that showed up were...

Possible Answers: Henry Gatz, Nick, Owl Eyes, and the minister

400

The violation of a moral law, or sinful

What is Peccant?

400
The attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals



What is Pathetic Fallacy?

400

This novel had us questioning the stability and sturdiness of our dreams

What is The Glass Castle

500

In "I stand here Ironing", the mother left her child, Emily, with ____ when Emily was 8 months old.

Who is her neighbor?

500

The kid that raped Jeanette was named... (First and last name) (Remember that? They were barely ten, and this is a true story)

Who is Billy Deel?

500

Green; Lush with vegetation

What is "Verdant"

500

This term refers to the arrangement of words to create well-formed sentences in a language

What is syntax?

500

Don't let others get hurt at the cost of your conflicts

What is Little Things

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