Literary terms
The Scottish Play
Of Mice and Men
Poetry
Caulfield
100

To be a warning or indication of (a future event).

Foreshadowing

100

A brave Scottish general receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland.

Macbeth 

100

What type of book is Of Mice and Men

Novella 

100

Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

Free verse

100

What does Holden wear on his head

A red hunting hat

200

It is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story.

Exposition

200

What convinces Macbeth that the Witches’ prophecy is true?

 when Duncan names him Thane of Cawdor

200

What kind of animals did Lennie dream of caring for?

Rabbits

200

A single unit of speech sound as written or spoken

Syllable

200

Who is Holden's English teacher 

Mr. Spencer

300

a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words “like” or “as.”

Simile 

300

The play is written in this basic unit which is iambic pentameter without a rhyme scheme

Blank Verse 

300

John Steinbeck took the title Of Mice and Men, from a line by which poet?

Robert Burns

300

a pair of end-rhymed lines of verse that are self-contained in grammatical structure and meaning

Couplet

300

What is the last school Holden gets expelled from? 

Pency Prep

400

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Irony

400

What are the names of King Duncan's children? 

Malcom and Donaldbain

400


Of Mice and Men is set in which decade?

1930's

400

The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry

Assonance

400

Where is DB throughout the novel 

California

500

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Personification

500

The ghost of what character  does Macbeth see at the dinner party?   

Banquo

500

Where is the novel set? 

Soledad 

500

from the French meaning “a striding over,” is a poetic term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next.

Enjambment

500

What does Holden want to be when he grows up? 

The Catcher in the Rye

M
e
n
u