Literary Terms
Classics
Banned Books
Graphic Novels
Bookish
100
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter. Made popular by Shakespeare.
What is a sonnet
100
This New Jersey author started out as a journalist during the Civil War.
Who is Walt Whitman
100
The concept of "Big Brother" was created by this author in his famous politically novel.
Who is George Orwell
100
'Sin City' is a nickname. The city's real name is...
What is Basin City
100
This studious character with frizzy hair is often found with a book while attending Hogwarts
Who is Hermione Granger
200
A type of story where the community or society is undesirable or frightening, usually set in the future.
What is a dystopia
200
On a dark stormy night, at the age of 18 this author came up with the story that became what some consider to be the first science fiction novel.
Who is Mary Shelly
200
This literary anthropologist traveled all over the US collecting stoires, folklore. She died in Fort Pierce, Florida in 1960.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
200
Persopolis is the story of a young girl growing up in this country
What is Iran
200
This animated book lover calls Springfield her home
Who is Lisa Simpson
300
A narrative mode or device that depicts the interior monologue and feelings which pass through the mind
What is stream of consciousness
300
This pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Who is Edgar Allen Poe
300
This book written in 1852 had a major influence on the way the American public viewed slavery.
What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
300
The creatures that represent the Nazis in Maus
What are cats
300
This librarian helped train vampire slayers
Who is Rupert Giles
400
The attribution of human traits, emotions, and intentions to non-human entities
What is Anthropomorphism
400
These were the respective family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
What are Montague and Capulet
400
This book about clones and mind control was banned for sexual content.
What is "Brave New World"
400
This is the real name of the Punisher
Who is Frank Castle
400
This is librarian Barbara Gordon's alter ego
Who is Batgirl
500
A novel written as a series of documents, usually in the form of letters, or diary entries
What is epistolary novel
500
These are names of the five Bennet daughters in "Pride and Prejudice"
Who are Jane, Lizzy, Kitty, Mary and Lydia
500
The main character in "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque.
Who Paul Bäumer
500
This comic book character hails from the fictional nation of Wakanda
Who is the Black Panther
500
Samuel Langhorne Clemens went by this pen name
Mark Twain
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