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Poetry
100

A woman who gave speeches about women's rights.

Who is Sojourner Truth?

100

"I cried an ocean of tears."

What is hyperbole?

100

When and where a story happens.

What is setting?

100

Between

What is twixt?

100

A string of words in a poem.

What is a line?

200

The Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Who was Winston Churchill?

200

"Her smile was like sunshine."

What is a simile?

200

What happens in a story.

What is plot?

200

A place where bees live and work

What is a hive?

200

The basic unit of a poem

What is a stanza?

300

A man who fought for farm workers' rights

Who was Caesar Chavez?

300

"Her smile was sunshine."

What is a metaphor?

300

The central message of a piece of writing.

What is theme?

300

A group that manages or governs

What is an administration?

300

A type of poem with no rules

What is free verse?

400

A man who spent time in a concentration camp.

Who was Elie Wiesel?

400

"The sun smiled down on us."

What is personification?

400

The central struggle or problem in a piece of writing.

What is conflict?

400

a formal admission of guilt.

What is a confession?

400

Expressions that are not literally true

What is figurative language? 

500

The author of "Mother and Son"

Who was Langston Hughes?

500

"His new car cost an arm and a leg."

What is an idiom?

500

The perspective from which a story is told.

What is point of view?

500

The ability to think logically

What is intellect?

500

He wrote the poem "The Bells" as well as the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart."

Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

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