LIT authors
What the heck is in that quote
a blast from the past
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Vocabulary
100

This author was a Greek Slave.

What is Aesop 

100
Identify who said "thi's year's Smiley" and the story

Who is Simon Wheeler and "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

100

What is the young girls name in "The Phantom Hitchhiker" and what is she does she take from Joel

Who is Laura Kearns and Joel's jacket
100
Who is the Greek goddess of the harvest and fertility. 

Who is Demeter

100

Define canterkerous

what is hard to deal with


200
This author wrote "The Color Purple" and "Everyday Use"

Who is Alice Walker 

200

Who is the person sleeping in barroom of the tavern?

Who is Simon Wheeler

200

How does Joel feel after talking to the old woman about the girl he picked up?

What is foolish

200

Who is the Greek god of the underworld and death.

Who is Hades.

200

Define apparition

what is a vision or an appearance
300

This author created the popular character named Tanais.

Who is Clive Grace

300

What does Mama do at the end of "Everyday Use" and why?

Give the quilts to Maggie and not Dee. Maggie never gets her portion rarely


300

What is a conversation between characters

What is a dialogue 
300

A picture in the reader's mind created by words is...

what is an image

300
Define chasm

what is a large opening

400

This author travels around the country to share her experiences as a Latina woman.

Who is Judith Ortiz-Cofer
400

The feeling created by a piece of writing is called....

what is mood 

400
Name Smiley's frog

Who is Dan' l Webster

400

What is the theme of any story 

what is main idea

400

Define garrulous

what is talkative

500

Samuel Clemens pen name

Who is Mark Twain
500

What is the story's time and place.

What is the setting.

500

what do you call someone who writes funny works

what is a humorist

500

Dee tells her mother she does not understand???

What is heritage 

500

what is flimsy

what is frail and weak

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