Short Stories
Authors
Literary Terms
Poetry
Mrs. Platt's Pets
100
In death, you could not tell me apart from Piney.
What is the Duchess
100
Because I am amazing, I am responsible for the survival of Jamestown Colony.
What is John Smith
100
Rhyme that is similar but not exact.
What is slant rhyme
100
use of words that imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia
100
Cougar
What is the name of Mrs. Platt's "kitten"?
200
I sold my soul to the Devil.
What is Tom Walker
200
My sermons terrified my congregation.
What is Jonathan Edwards
200
Poetry written to reflect the cadence of everyday speech
What is free verse
200
regular pattern of stressed & unstressed syllables in each poetic line
What is meter
200
Wore a "Red Goat Coat"
What is Hope
300
Experiencing a bout of catalepsy, I was buried alive.
What is Madeline Usher
300
I created comedy by using exaggeration & creating sincere but ridiculous narrators
What is Mark Twain
300
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
300
A comparison between 2 unlike things, using like or as
What is a simile
300
This dog likes to hunt raccoons.
What is Scout "Fetch"
400
I made a single man of 41 appear married & 60
What is limburger cheese
400
An anti-Transcendentalist, my outlook on human nature was bleak.
What is Nathaniel Hawthorne
400
form of language spoken by people in a particular region
What is dialect
400
giving non-living things human characteristics
What is personification
400
At one time, Mrs. Platt was my best "goat friend"
What is Sally
500
Clark took me to a matinee based on this composer.
What is Wagner.
500
Living simply at Walden Pond , I learned a lot about life.
What is Thoreau.
500
writing or speech not meant to be taken literally--poets use this a lot
What is figurative language
500
The CARRIAGE Death and I shared is an example of this.
What is imagery
500
Mrs. Platt's all-time favorite rooster.
What is Rocky
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