Characters
A small hobbit that decides to go on an adventure.
Who is Bilbo Baggins?
This is when the dwarves come to Bilbo's house "uninvited"
What is the "Unexpected Party"?
This place is the ancestral home of the Baggins family
What is Bag End?
This means "kindness in welcoming guests or strangers"
What is hospitality?
This is the literary term for the main character of the story.
What is the protagonist?
He is the "King Under the Mountain"
Who is Thorin?
When the whole party (minus Thorin) descend into darkness.
When is the adventure with the goblins?
This is the ultimate destination of Thorin and Co.
What is the Lonely Mountain?
This means a "shallow river crossing"
This is a recurring object, phrase, situation or behavior that repeats throughout the story (and often represents a deeper theme)
What is a motif?
He is a shapeshifter that turns into a bear.
Who is Beorn?
The wild escape from the wood elves.
What is the Barrels out of Bond?
This is the great stone steps that the shapeshifter names.
What is the Carrock?
What is "a state in which all hope is lost"
What is despair?
This is exemplified by the following sentence: "They marched under the grey and silent cliffs to the feet of Ravenhill.
What is personification?
He is a worm that tries to deceive the main character.
Who is Smaug?
What is the journey to see Smaug?
This is the place that is dangerous and infested with spiders.
What is Mirkwood?
This is the name for an eagle's nest.
What is an aerie?
The name for the Arkenstone, "The Heart of the Mountain" is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
This "character" is magical and tricky.
What is the Magic Ring?
This is the ultimate climax of the novel, involving many different groups of people/animals/elves/dwarves (and a hobbit)
What is the Battle of the Five armies?
This place is a where men dwell and conduct a prosperous trade. They have a Master.
What is Lake-town?
This is Tolkien's word for the pleasant but unexpected change of fortunes.
What is Eucatastrophe?
The following sentence is an example of this type of figurative language: "His wealth is like the sun, his silver like a fountain."
What is a simile?