Parts of Speech
The Outsiders
Literary Terms
Short Stories
Schooled
100

Most words can be several different parts of speech, but "not" in this case; "never" is one of these, too

What is an adverb?

100

A verb and a color make up this two-word phrase, which sums up the theme fairly well

What is "stay gold?"

100

Either I change during the story, or I'm one of these

What is a static character?

100

They also call us the wise men, and we call ourselves "we three kings" in a Christmas hymn

Who are the magi?

100
The name of this character, the protagonist, is a synonym for "hat"

Who is Cap?

200

Living room and Christmas tree are examples of this specific part of speech, which requires more than one word, and has two in its name

What is a compound noun?

200

It's usually a word for "rough" or "strong," but it means something else--Paul Newman, for example-- when it's spelled this way

What is t-u-f-f tuff?

200

Metaphors, similes, and personification are all examples of this type of writing or speaking

What is figurative language?

200

Rainsford's ship-mate; the one who didn't fall off the boat and didn't need to be hunted himself to consider the feelings of the jaguar;

Who is Whitney?

200

St. Christopher's also has this event each year, but it doesn't include a new student getting tackled by the football team

What is the pep rally?

300

These modify nouns and pronouns, but they do so quite specifically, and with a capital letter

What are proper adjectives?

300

If I think something bad is about to happen, I might be having one of these

What is a premonition?

300

This one has me on the edge of my seat.

What is suspense?

300

The old man--not the proud one--offered his advice here

Where is Sulphur Creek?

300

If she's not watching Trigonometry and Tears, this character might be lashing out at her mom or asking her dad for driving lessons

Who is Sophie (Donnelly)?

400

Mr. Millspaugh likes to say that when "like" means "similar to," it is an example of this

What is a preposition?

400

Pony and Johnny went to Buck Merrill's for Dally, and they left with these five things

What is a gun, money, a shirt, a jacket, and a plan?

400

The outcomes pursued by Zaroff and Georg make them examples of this

What is an antagonist?

400

This name, fading from the letter-box card, goes between "James" and "Young"

Who is Dillingham?

400

You can tell I'm not the weather because my name, like all names, starts with a capital letter.

Who is Rain?

500

When a pronoun replaces a noun, you might call the noun left behind by this name

What is an antecedent?

500

These boys sure talk funny, but they're good company in a rumble

Who are the Brumly boys?

500

The point of view of the narration you are reading this very moment

What is 2nd person?

500

Also known as Saki, this three-named author was born in Southeast Asia

Who is Hector Hugh Munro?

500

This girl (first and last name) has a crush on Cap, but she's not real.

Who is Lorelei Lumley?

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