Literary Terms
Poetry Terms
Grammar
Misc.
The Outsiders
100
What is exposition?
What is the beginning of a story where the characters and setting is described?
100
No man is an island.
What is a metaphor?
100
What is the prefix in the word antagonist and what does it mean?
What is anti and it means against?
100
What is the closest English translation for the word ethos?
What is ethics?
100
Who wrote The Outsiders?
Who is S.E. Hinton?
200
Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff are two characters juxtaposed to each other. What does that mean?
What is extreme opposites to add effect?
200
What does the word oxymoron translate to in English?
What is sharp dull?
200
What is the root word in the word autobiography and what does it mean?
What is bio and it means life?
200
Describe the literary term dystopia.
What is the worst possible place ever?
200
What is the first line of Robert Frost's poem used in the novel?
Nature's first green is gold.
300
What is the difference between 3rd person POV and 3rd person omniscient POV?
3rd person POV = one character's thoughts and actions. 3rd person POV omniscient = multiple characters' thoughts and actions.
300
What type of writing does not contain a rhyming pattern or rhythm?
What is prose?
300
If the prisoner can make (bale / bail), he plans to leave town and skip the (hole / whole) trial. (Lets / Let's) hope he doesn't leave his jail cell.
What is bail / whole / Let's?
300
What was the name of William Shakespeare's theater?
What is The Globe?
300
What was Dally's formal full name?
Dallas Winston
400
Steve purchases a bag of lawn fertilizer to make his yard look lush and new; however, he applies too much fertilizer and the lawn turns brown and dies. What is the term for this event?
What is situation irony?
400
Look at my car, she's a beauty, ain't she?
What is personification?
400
There are six total homonyms for the word air, counting air. Explain three other homonyms for air.
Err - to make a mistake Heir - next in line to the throne Are - a unit of land measurement E're - means ever in contraction form Ere - means eventually
400
Name one year in which William Shakespeare was alive.
What is 1564-1616?
400
Within one year, when was the novel first published
What is 1967?
500
The "fancier" way of saying the words you choose to speak or write. (Hint: Think of a place where you find lots of words.)
What is diction?
500
Shakespeare wrote all poetry and plays in a format where 10 beats of unstressed and stressed syllables are used. What is this called?
What is iambic pentameter?
500
The tradition of exchanging cards on Valentines’ Day became popular in Europe during the 1600’s although it is thought to have originated in Ancient Rome. There are four corrections to add. What are they?
-no capital for ancient -Valentine's -1600s -comma before although
500
(Total Number of Parts of Speech) x (Writing POV Which Uses the Pronoun 'You') + (Number of Letters in the Word Which Imitates a Sound) =
What is 28? 8 x 2 + 12 = 28
500
If Ponyboy's brother and his girlfriend were a Hollywood power couple, what would their nickname be? -Socia -Dandy -Cheda -Darcia -Sondy -Denda
What is Sondy?
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