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Poetry
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Famous Authors
100

This group includes Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally.

What are the Greasers?

100

These two families are feuding in the play.

Who are the Montagues and Capulets?

100

A group of lines in a poem.

What is a stanza?


100

Stronger than a bull

What is a metaphor?

100

This playwright wrote Romeo and Juliet.

Who is William Shakespeare?

200

This rival group is known for their wealth and social status.

What are the Socs?

200

Romeo is in love with this woman before Juliet.

Who is Rosaline?

200

Words that have the same ending sound.

What is rhyme?

200
The desk stood on its side

What is personification?

200

This author wrote The Hunger Games series.

Who is Suzanne Collins?

300

Ponyboy lives with these two brothers after his parents die.

Who are Darry and Sodapop?

300

This character kills Tybalt.

Who is Romeo?

300

14 lines

What is a Sonnet?

300
Used to interest the reader 

What is a hook?

300

This author created the wizarding world of Harry Potter.

Who is J.K. Rowling?

400

Johnny kills this Soc to save Ponyboy.

Who is Bob Sheldon?


400

Juliet takes this to appear dead.

What is a potion?

400

575

What is a Haiku?

400

Used to represent the opposing argument

What is a counterargument?

400

This author wrote Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Who is Rick Riordan?

500

This poem referenced in the novel includes the line “Stay gold.”

What is Nothing Gold Can Stay?

500

This character’s plan ultimately fails due to a letter not being delivered.

Who is Friar Lawrence?

500

Marking words off of a page. 

What is black out poetry?

500

Hint or clue for a future event?

What is foreshadowing?

500

This author wrote the dystopian novel Divergent.

Who is Veronica Roth?

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