Short Stories
A Christmas ghost story
What is A Christmas Carol?
Time and place of a story
What is the setting?
Repetition of beginning sounds in close proximity
What is alliteration?
Friend who inspired Jane to live a holy life
Who was Helen Burns?
What is The Hobbit?
This was a sweet couple; not very wise with money
Who were Jim and Della in The Gift of the Magi
A hint of events to come
What is foreshadowing?
Giving an inanimate object human qualities
What is personification?
Position Jane took when leaving school
What is a governess?
These two siblings spend a summer in Maycomb, where a black man is unjustly sentenced for a crime he didn't commit
Who are Jem and Scout?
The hunter becomes the hunted
What is "The Most Dangerous Game"?
Creating a picture using sensory words
What is imagery?
A comparison of unlike things
What is a simile or metaphor?
Mr. Rochester impersonated this to find out Jane's feelings.
What is a gypsy/fortune-teller?
Lawyer appointed to defend Tom Robinson
Who is Atticus Finch?
A woman is found innocent of murder without a trial
What is "A Jury of Her Peers"?
Method of taking notes while reading
What is annotation?
Reference to a person, place, event, idea, quote, work of art or literature to connect the reader to the story
What is allusion?
Her cousin wanted Jane to marry him and be a missionary to this country
What is India?
What is a giant spider?
A woman spends a fortune for fake jewels
What is "The Necklace"?
When things are opposite of what they seem
What is irony?
This is the universal message of the story
What is theme?
This was a symbol of Jane and Edward's relationship.
What is the chestnut tree?
Their mysterious neighbor
Who is Boo Radley?
"...this colossal locust would beat against the low ceiling overhead, then it would come down on its four wheels like a tiger on its four paws, and begin to run at the man."
What is the cannon in "A Fight with a Cannon"?
This type of character is designed to demonstrate the qualities of the hero by providing a means of comparison or contrast.
What is a foil?
The character who impedes the progress of the protagonist of a story
What is an antagonist?
birds, the chestnut tree, eyes, the red room, fire
What are symbols in Jane Eyre?
Bilbo seems to have an unusual amount of this throughout the story
What is luck?