Literary Terms
Books & Authors
Who Am I?
English Grammar
Word Power
100
A play on words, usually amusing, called the lowest form of humor.
What is a PUN
100
Atticus Finch is a Southern lawyer who stands up for what he believes is right in this Nobel Prize winning novel.
What is TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by HARPER LEE.
100
I am the Greek God of the underworld.
Who is HADES
100
An example of this kind of sentence is this: Sue swimming in the lake
What is a SENTENCE FRAGMENT
100
To assemble, construct or fabricate.
What is BUILD
200
Three works telling a complete story, sharing the same theme and many of the same characters.
What is a TRILOGY
200
A science fiction tale of a battle between Earth and invading aliens.
What is THE WAR OF THE WORLDS by HG WELLS
200
I am a Greek goddess who has nothing to do but be beautiful.
Who is APHRODITE
200
The adverb in this sentence is: His singing is very popular.
What is VERY
200
To force someone to do something by threatening or physically overpowering them, as is often done by police officers to suspects they are interrogating.
What is to COERCE
300
The Latin phrase that means "seize the day"
What is CARPE DIEM
300
A tale of dual personalities; by taking a drug, a kind man becomes a monster.
What is THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL and MR. HYDE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
300
I am King of Ithaca, hero of the Trojan Wars, but I still haven't made it home.
Who is ODYSSEUS
300
These are the four kinds of sentences.
What is DECLARATIVE, INTERROGATIVE, IMPERATIVE, and EXCLAMATORY
300
A violent disturbance, as is often experienced on airplanes during storms.
What is TURBULENCE
400
A word whose meaning is meant to represent its sound, most often used in poetry.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA
400
Montag, a regimented fireman, is in charge of burning all forbidden books.
What is FAHRENHEIT 451 by RAY BRADBURY
400
I am a magnificent flying horse born from the blood of Medusa.
Who is PEGASUS
400
It receives the action of the verb and answers the question "who" or "what" after the action verb.
What is a DIRECT OBJECT
400
To shorten by using fewer words, as is often done in dictionaries.
What is to ABRIDGE
500
The term used to refer to the form of a verb when accompanied by the word 'to.' EX: to read
What is an INFINITIVE
500
Anything buried here comes to life with frightening consequences.
What is PET SEMATARY by STEPHEN KING
500
I am a pig and leader of the animals. No one gets in my way.
Who is NAPOLEON
500
Nouns that name groups of people or things, such as army, crowd and class.
What are COLLECTIVE NOUNS
500
To waste away from lack of use, as happens often to muscles of the body that are not used for prolonged periods of time following an injury.
What is ATROPHY
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