Quest Tales
The Secret Life of Bees
Night
Grammar
Wild Card Category
100
The name for the person who goes on a quest
What is a hero
100
The italicized quote at the beginning of a chapter/text that relates to what's to come
What is an epigraph
100
The use of hints or clues in a story to tell what's to come
What is foreshadowing
100
a word that modifies a noun and answers questions like "What type?"
What is an adjective
100
the turning point in a work of literature (think parts of a plot)
What is the climax
200
The hero needs...
What is a place to go to OR a stated reason to go there
200
an indirect comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile
200
A quote that supports an idea
What is textual evidence
200
a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another one of itself and answers questions like "How?"
What is an adverb
200
the literary device where the author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or literary work by way of a passing reference.
What is an allusion
300
What happens to the hero on the way?
What are challenges/trials
300
A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor
300
A conclusion drawn from textual evidence
What is an inference
300
a word that shows location, time, space, relationship
What is a preposition
300
any type of writing that is primarily concerned with relating an event or a series of events
What is a narrative
400
Name a quest tale hero we've studied this semester
Who are Gilgamesh or Lily
400
The term for a coming of age story
What is a bildungsroman
400
the author's message stated in sentence form (not one word)
What is a theme
400
Represented by the formula "to + a verb"
What is an infinitive
400
The literary device exemplified in this quote: “It was full of Malcom X, Saigon, the Beatles, tennis at Wimbledon, and a motel in Jackson, Mississippi, that closed down rather than accept Negro guests, but nothing about me and Rosaleen”
What is an allusion
500
What is ALWAYS the real reason for a quest?
What is self-knowledge
500
What are the five parts of a plot?
What are: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
500
State a theme of Night
What is VARIES
500
Identify the function/part of speech of the word "after" in this sentence: It was not until after that we realized Julie was gone.
What is adverb -- after has no object, so it can't be a preposition. "That" is not a noun -- it is a conjunction in this sentence.
500
Identify all the parts of speech in this sentence: In the middle of the road an angry bull loudly stomped its hooves.
What is "in the middle" -- prep phrase; "of the road" -- prep phrase; "angry" -- adjective; "loudly" -- adverb
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