Short Stories
In "On the Rainy River," the narrator is conflicted about this historical event.
What is the Vietnam War?
This is the profession of the main character, Guy Montag.
What is a fireman?
This is Morrie's profession before retiring.
What is a sociology professor?
This character is the main antagonist and head nurse of the mental ward.
Who is Nurse Ratched?
This device is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighbouring words.
What is alliteration?
In "Harrison Bergeron," the government enforces equality by doing this to gifted individuals.
What is giving them handicaps?
This is the name of Montag's wife.
What is Mildred?
This disease is slowly killing Morrie throughout the book.
What is ALS?
This character is the narrator of the story, often thought to be deaf and mute.
Who is Bromden?
This is a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
In "On the Rainy River," this character helps the narrator make his decision about the draft.
Who is Elroy Berdahl?
This character, a young girl, inspires Montag to question his society.
Who is Clarisse McClellan?
This is the name of the TV show that initially reunites Mitch with Morrie.
What is Nightline?
This is the treatment used as punishment and to subdue patients in the ward.
What is electroshock therapy?
This device is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification?
This is what Beth in "The Truth About Sharks" is shopping for at the mall.
What is new black pants?
This mythical creature rises from the ashes, symbolizing rebirth in the novel.
What is the phoenix?
What is polio?
This is the metaphor McMurphy uses to describe the oppressive system in the ward.
What is the combine?
This is a reference to another work of literature, person, or event within a story.
What is an allusion?
This is the name of the protagonist in "The Lug Wrench".
What is Jack?
This is the book of the bible that Montag memorizes.
What is the book of Ecclesiastes?
This is the item that Morrie keeps on his window sill in his study?
What is a hibiscus plant?
The name of the 2 women McMurphy invites to the party at the ward.
Who are Candy and Sandra?
This device is the use of two words that contradicts itself.
What is an oxymoron?