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This is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
After her husband, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, died, this author kept his calcified heart wrapped in silk inside her desk and carried it with her for years/
Who is Mary Shelley?
The fictional teacher Ms. Chandler loathes.
Who is Miss Honey?
Feature used in this sentence: 'Sally sold sea shells at the seashore'.
What is alliteration?
The genre that has time travel, robots, and intergalactic wars.
What is science fiction?
This most-read classic is a witty and sharp look at class, marriage, and personal growth in Regency England.
What is Pride and Prejudice?
This playwright is tied for one of the most-read authors worldwide.
Bonus Points for the other author they are tied with.
Who is William Shakespeare? And, who is Agatha Christie?
The movie we were originally going to study instead of 'Murder on the Orient Express'.
What is 'V for Vendetta'?
Feature used in this line from a poem: 'And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep'.
What is repetition?
The genre of 'Maze Runner' and 'Hunger Games'.
What is dystopian?
This novel begins with the iconic phrase: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen".
What is 1984 by George Orwell?
This author was trialed in 1895 for "gross indecency" under Victorian law, which used his own novel as 'proof', leading to his ruin, imprisonment, and social exile.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
Evie's first line as Shannon in the musical.
What is 'Tina! We're starting without you'?
Feature used in this sentence: 'The crimson sun sank below the horizon, casting long purple shadows across the quiet field.'
What is imagery?
The popular literary subgenre that combines tropes like dragons, magic, and enemies-to-lovers.
What is romantasy?
This fictional character represents the flawed, romantic illusion of the American Dream and the corrupting power of materialism in 1920s America
Who is Jay Gatsby?
This high-fantasy writer once showed up to a non-costume university party dressed as a polar bear and occasionally chased his neighbors down the street with an Anglo-Saxon war axe
Who is J.R.R Tolkien?
The school that Madeline used to go to.
What is Rochdale State High?
Stylistic device used in Burial Rites to show different characters and their differing perspectives.
What are multiple narrative viewpoints?
The genre of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'.
What is coming-of-age?
This character is a principled defense lawyer who bravely defends Tom Robinson in a racially divided Alabama town.
Who is Atticus Finch?
This author worked as a British intelligence agent and spy in Washington, D.C., during World War II, using his charm and good looks to befriend Franklin D. Roosevelt and provide Winston Churchill valuable information.
Who is Roald Dahl?
The director Yashra said she was going to remember Mr. Merrick by, while playing Celebrity Heads during our last class together.
Who is Quentin Tarantino?
Feature used in this sentence: 'The sun was smiling down on him' and a poem titled 'I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud' in which the speaker uses the cloud to mirror his own feelings.
What is pathetic fallacy?
The scariest genre of all time, in my most correct opinion.
What is psychological horror?