Short Story Characters
This lady is a feminist in the times of Olde King Arthur. Who is she?
Who is the Wife of Bath?
To give human qualities to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
In this John Steinbeck novella, George and Lennie travel from farm to farm seeking work during the Great Depression.
What is _Of Mice and Men_?
These are the last names of Romeo and Juliet, respectively.
What are Montague and Capulet?
When we gather in the auditorium to listen to a guest speaker, we are having one of these.
What is A-S-S-E-M-B-L-Y ?
This girl had ambition to succeed in college and was helped by a program in high school.
Who is Kewauna?
Poems that don't rhyme are said to be written in this...
What is free verse?
In this famous novel by Harper Lee, a little girl in the deep south named Scout Finch learns empathy through the brave actions of her lawyer father, Atticus.
What is _To Kill a Mockingbird_?
Shakespeare published 154 14-line poems called these.
What are sonnets?
This is the term for an old, collectible item -- such as a car or piece of furniture -- that is valuable because of its age.
What is A-N-T-I-Q-U-E
He believed that the children of Don Lupe would grow up weak and fatherless. He was right in the second but not in the first.
Who is Juvencio ?
When a poet uses words that sound like the sound they are representing, such as "sizzle" or "ring."
What is onomatopoeia ?
In this classic by S.E. Hinton, a greaser stabs a soc (pronounce: soash), hides in a shack, saves children from a burning church, and then returns home to live with his hardworking brothers Dally and Sodapop.
What is _The Outsiders_?
He is the Prince of Denmark, ordered by the ghost of his dead father to kill his uncle who -- according to the ghost -- murdered his father before marrying his mother.
Who is Hamlet?
These are the number of days you were not present in school.
What is A-B-S-E-N-C-E-S
This school began in the Bronx and there are now more than 50 schools like this across the US.
What is KIPP academy?
The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds of several words within one line of poetry, as in "splashing horses stop in the silvery stream."
What is alliteration?
In this Young Adult novel by Sharon Draper, Andy gets into a car accident that kills his longtime friend and Hazelwood High School basketball teammate, Robert Washington. While his other friends have managed to move on, Andy blames himself and cannot get past his guilt and pain.
What is _Tears of a Tiger_?
Shakespeare's poetic lines all consist of ten syllables (five feet), each foot made up of two syllables with the accent on the second syllable. This is the name for that specific poetic rhythm.
What is iambic pentameter?
You will need this from your teacher before committing to a topic for your research project.
What is A-P-P-R-O-V-A-L
In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," Montresor takes revenge on his enemy Fortunato by leading him down into his wine cellar and then doing this to him.
What is burying him behind a wall?
The repetition of the vowel sounds inside several words within one line of poetry, as in "Go row the boat home."
What is assonance?
In this first book of the Suzanne Collins series, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to replace her little sister in the annual "tribute," where she must fight to the death along with the local baker's son Peeta, with whom she may be in love, and whom she may have to kill...
What is _The Hunger Games_?
This is the name of the London theatre that Shakepeare helped build and in which his plays were performed.
What is "The Globe" ?
We pledge "this" to the flag every morning.
What is A-L-L-E-G-I-A-N-C-E