Literature
Literature
Grammar
Poetry
Misc.
100

In Frankenstein, who was murdered on their wedding night?

Elizabeth

100

In Antigone, Antigone plans to marry Haimon, who is also her _______

cousin

100

"She is tall and fast so she must be good at sports." The comma goes after which word?

fast

100

A direct comparison between one thing and another WITHOUT using like or as

metaphor

100

A girl is sitting in a house at night that has no lights on at all. There is no lamp, no candle, nothing. Yet she is reading. How?

The woman is blind and is reading braille 

200

What is the name of the king in The Golden Touch?

King Midas

200

In Frankenstein, who does the monster kill first?

Henry

200

The students were wondering why _______ required to take the MCAs (their, they're, or there)

they're

200

Giving an object human-like qualities

personification

200

_____ is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real world myth and folklore 

Fantasy

300

Head of a woman, body of a lion. Gave the riddle that Oedipus solved.

The Spinx

300

This blind prophet knows the truth about Oedipus

Tiresias

300

In the sentence, "The necklace turns out to have been much less valuable than Madame Loisel thought in fact, it was merely a piece of cheap costume jewelry," the semicolon comes after what word?

thought

300

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. (Peter Piper picked a pepper)

Alliteration

300

This book contains a family of five daughters that all "need" to get married A$AP

Pride and Prejudice

400

What did Malala ask for from God because of her favorite TV show?

A magic pencil

400

What is the name of the two Ushers in The Fall of the House of Usher?

Roderick and Madeline

400

You look like you might faint; you better _____ down. (lay or lie)

 Lie

400

Exaggerating statements not meant to be taken literarlly

Hyperbole

400

What is it that you cannot hold even ten minute, even though it is lighter than a feather?

Your breath

500

In The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, what is the name that the narrator grieved for?

Lenore

500

Who is Malala's best friend?

Moniba

500

What is wrong with this sentence: The suspects were interviewed right after the crime was committed by the detectives. 

It is saying the detectives committed the crime.

500

________ is a rhythm structure, used mostly in poetry, that combines unstressed syllables and stressed syllables in groups of five. (Created by Geoffrey Chaucer and often used by Shakespeare)

Iambic Pentameter 

500

How old was Mary Shelley when she started writing Frankenstein?

18

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