Short Story Characters
Poetic Elements
Great Books
Shakespeare
Spell it Out "A"
100

What does Anna Quindlen compare America to?

What is a patchwork quilt?

100
To give human qualities to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
100

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_?

100

These are the last names of Romeo and Juliet, respectively.

What are Montague and Capulet?

100

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 ?

200

Natalie Gordimer wrote "Once Upon A Time" to criticize which social system?

What is apartheid?

200
Poems that don't rhyme are said to be written in this...
What is free verse?
200

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_?

200
Shakespeare published 154 14-line poems called these.
What are sonnets?
200
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
300

Who symbolizes freedom in "Once Upon A Time"?

What is the cat?

300
When a poet uses words that sound like the sound they are representing, such as "sizzle" or "ring."
What is onomatopoeia ?
300

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_?

300
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?
300
These are the number of days you were not present in school.
What is A-B-S-E-N-C-E-S
400

What does the author of "Rituals of Memory" use as a central metaphor of what memories are like for us?

What is looped hair?

400
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?
400

In this novel about growing up, the experience is characterized by a house. Where is the house?

What is Mango Street?

400
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?
400
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
500

From Pakistan, this gentleman wears a fez and brings candy for his hostess' child. 

Who is Mr. Pirzada?

500
The repetition of the vowel sounds inside several words within one line of poetry, as in "Go row the boat home."
What is assonance?
500

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_?

500
This is the name of the London theatre that Shakepeare helped build and in which his plays were performed.
What is "The Globe" ?
500
We pledge "this" to the flag every morning.
What is A-L-L-E-G-I-A-N-C-E
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