Quotations
"The adjoining recitation-room needs sweeping. Take the broom and sweep it."
"My Struggle for an Education"
In "The Countess and the Impossible," how much money was the boy striving for?
$5
Who wrote "A Student's Prayer"?
John W. Peterson
Who wrote "The Ransom of Red Chief"?
O. Henry
What is the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning?
Irony
The Kiskis
What item was onstage that was responsible for Toby's embarassment?
a mirror
Who wrote "My Struggle for an Education"?
Booker T. Washington
Who was Anne Shirley upset with?
Gilbert Blythe
Point of view
"That slap-happy, out for a picnic brand of basketball fitted them the way maple syrup fits a waffle."
"Four Ring Circus"
In "Four Ring Circus," the person telling the story is the team manager. What literary term references this method of presenting the reader the material of the story?
Point of view
Who wrote "Four Ring Circus"?
B. J. Chute
Who died after carving her name into a boat?
Lady of Shalott
What is a comparison using like/as
Simile
"I have time enough. I will learn tomorrow."
"The Last Lesson"
Why did the Countess need the boy to come work for her?
She recently lost her gardener.
Who wrote Hiawatha's Childhood?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Home - mountains of Colorado
What are the main events in a story or play?
Plot
"Good. I've lost my gardener. Be at my house Thursday morning at seven, and don't tell me you have something else to do; I've seen you slouching around on Thursdays."
The Countess and the Impossible
What was the name of Franz's schoolmaster in "The Last Lesson"?
Monsieur Hamel
Who was the author who founded Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
Who wrote "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
William Wordsworth
What is the repetition of initial consonant or vowel sounds of a word?
Alliteration