Literary Terms
This is the term for a comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
What has hands but cannot clap?
What is a clock?
What is the term for a word that connects clauses or sentences?
What is a conjunction?
The title character of this Charles Dickens novel grows up in a workhouse.
What is Oliver Twist?
This author wrote A Christmas Carol.
Who is Charles Dickens?
A comparison without using "like" or "as."
What is a Metaphor?
What gets wetter the more it dries?
What is a towel?
What is the term for a noun that shows possession?
What is a possessive noun?
The "To be or not to be" is a line from this play.
What is Hamlet?
In A Christmas Carol, this ghostly figure represents death.
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?
This is the central idea or message in a literary work.
What is a theme?
What has a head, a tail, is shiny, and has no legs?
What is a coin?
This is the term for a verb that agrees with its subject in number and person.
What is subject-verb agreement?
This play features two feuding families in Verona.
What is Romeo & Juliet?
This fictional character’s heart grew three sizes in a famous Christmas story.
Who is the Grinch?
The emotional response a work evokes in the audience is called this.
What is pathos?
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
What is an echo?
This punctuation mark separates independent clauses in a compound sentence.
What is a semicolon?
The title character of this play is a prince of Denmark.
What is Hamlet?
This character’s nose grows every time he tells a lie.
Who is Pinocchio?
A play on words, often for humorous effect, is called this.
What is a pun?
The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
What are footsteps?
This type of sentence makes a request or gives a command.
What is an imperative sentence?
This Shakespearean play features fairies named Puck, Oberon, and Tatiana.
What is a midsummer night's dream?
In The Nutcracker, this character is brought to life by magic.
Who is the Nutcracker Prince?