Poetic Devices
What is an indirect comparison?
Simile
What are the names of Bilbo's parents?
Belladonna and Bungo
What happened to Gordie's brother?
He died in a car crash.
One of the short stories we read was called "Gift of the ____"
Magi
What sort of creature is Mr. Tumnus?
A faun
A rose for love is an example of what?
Symbol
Who kills Smaug?
Bard
What is the full name of Gordie's friend and Ace's brother?
Chris Chambers
True or false: The Most Dangerous game has an ambiguous ending.
True
What is the last name of the siblings?
Pevensie
What is the term for the poetic device of repetition?
Anaphora
What is the answer to Bilbo's riddle: A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.
An egg
Fill in the missing word in the last sentence in the book: "Me? I'm a _____ now."
Writer
In "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, what country did the family immigrate from?
China
What is the White Witch's name?
Jadis
True or false: In poetry, an apostrophe is a punctuation mark.
False
Who said the following quote: “There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
Thorin.
Out of the four boys in the story, how many are alive by the end of the last chapter?
One
What kind of paw leads to bad luck for the White family?
Monkey
What is it called when you compare two seemingly different things?
Juxtaposition.
Out of the 13 dwarves, how many are alive at the end of the book?
10
What is the name of the town they live in?
Castle Rock
Why do the people practice the lottery?
Because its tradition.
Where are the four thrones located?
Cair Paravel