Characterization
Misc.
Figurative Language
Books we Read
All About Miss Humphrey
100

The main character of a story or movie

What is the protagonist

100

The reason behind an author writing a piece of literature or prose

What is author's purpose?

100

"Weathering willow whispers wild."

What literary device is this?

What is alliteration?

100

The names of the two main characters in Of Mice and Men?

Who are George and Lennie

100

Where was Miss Humphrey born?

What is Russia 

200

The character that opposes the main character, or protagonist (the 'bad guy' or a 'villain')

What is an Antagonist?

200

When tracking the rhyme scheme of a poem you always start with ______________.

What is the letter A

200

A reference to something well-known, outside of the text. (current event, movie, another text)

What is allusion?

200

The novel Night outlined the events of what major event?

What is the Holocaust

200

What is Miss Humphrey's favorite color?

What is maroon

300

When a character and their traits are described to the reader 

What is direct characterization

300

Giving non-living objects human qualities.

What is Personification 

300

Who was the antagonist of the novel Of Mice and Men? (Who did Lennie and George have consistent problems with)

Who is Curly

300

What state did Miss Humphrey move to Maryland from?

What is Pennsylvania 

400

When a character's traits are revealed through what they say & think, how they act, effect others, and how they feel.

What is indirect characterization

400

It's raining cats and dogs.

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

What is an Idiom

400

What animal was Lennie obsessed with owning?

What are rabbits 

400

What language besides English is Miss Humphrey fluent in?

What is ASL (American Sign Language)

500

A character that has many traits

What is a round character

500

A comparison between two things using like or as

What is a simile?

500

What is A group of lines forming the basic, repeating unit in a poem; a verse.

What is a stanza?


500

What is the name of the main character and author of the novel Night?  

What is Elie Wiesel 

500

What are the names of Miss Humphrey's parents?

What is Barb & John 

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