Lamb to the Slaughter
Tell Tale Heart
Story Elements
Grammar
Random
100

This is the main character who kills her husband in the story...

Who is Mary Maloney

100

The narrator's reason for killing the old man...

What is the "vulture eye"

100

This is a person, animal, or figure in a story...

What is a character

100

This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea...

What is a noun

100

A movie based on this famous building toy broke records at the box office..

What is The Lego Movie

200

This item is used as a murder weapon in the story...

What is a leg of lamb

200

To prove he isn’t mad, the narrator insists he was careful and did this for seven nights...

What is watch the old man sleep

200

This part of a story tells when and where the action happens...

What is setting

200

Identify the adverb in the sentence, "The basketball team practiced outside on the court even though the wind was strong."  

What is 'outside'

200

Looking someone in the eye, nodding, and responding thoughtfully are signs you’re practicing this listening skill...

What is active listening

300

Mary creates this clever plan to avoid suspicion after committing the crime.

What is go to the grocery store to create an alibi

300

This sound grows louder and louder, driving the narrator to confess...

What is the beating of the old man's heart

300

This term describes the struggle between opposing forces, like a hero vs. villain or a character’s inner thoughts...

What is conflict

300

When an author hints at events that will happen later in a story, it’s called this...

What is foreshadowing

300

Britney Spears' highest selling album with over 35 million copies sold...

What is Baby One More Time

400

This is the reason Patrick Maloney gives Mary that leads to the shocking event.

What is that he is leaving her (divorce)

400

The story is told from this point of view...

What is first person

400

This is the message or lesson an author wants the reader to take away from a story...

What is theme

400

A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word is called this...

What is a synonym

400

Hulk Hogan's real name...

What is Terry Bollea

500

This word describes the story’s ending, when the detectives unknowingly eat the evidence.

What is irony

500

This type of irony occurs when the detectives unknowingly sit on top of the dead body...

What is dramatic irony

500

These are the tools authors use—like similes, metaphors, and imagery—to make writing more vivid and descriptive...

What are literary devices

500

This is the sequence of events in a story, including the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution...

What is the plot

500

The date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence... 

What is August 2, 1776

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