Poetic Elements
Classic Novels
Shakespeare
English Potpourri
Novels and their Authors
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
Select the prepositional phrase from this question, "Can you believe that the man lying down in the house is my father?"
What is "in the house"?
100

He wrote "the Giving Tree."

Who is Shel Silverstein?

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? Arguably the BEST book on the planet!!
200
Shakespeare published 154 14-line poems called these.
What are sonnets?
200
Select the gerund from the following sentence, "My cousin, who has first place in the race currently, loves running more than anything else."
What is "running"?
200

She wrote the Harry Potter series of books.

Who is J.K. Rowling

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 novel, Hester Prynne is ostracized by her community for having a baby out of wedlock and is forced to wear a token of her shame every day.
What is The Scarlet Letter?
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
Select the dependent clause in the following sentence, "Because my mother is being difficult, I could not attend the concert, and I couldn't go to my cousin's to spend the night.
What is "Because my mother is being difficult"?
300

He wrote "Night."

Who is Eli Wiesel

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 British classic, Winston Smith is always being watched by Big Brother. The phrase "Big Brother is watching you" comes from this novel.
What is 1984?
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
Select the correlative conjunctions from the following sentence, "Because he liked me, he decided he would neither hurt the cat nor smack my mother."
What is "neither" and "nor"?
400

He is credited with writing "the Iliad" and "the Odyssey"

Who is Homer?

500
A common phrase (you're skating on thin ice) whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal definition of the words within the phrase is called this.
What is idiom?
500
In this famous Dostoevsky novel, Raskolnikov kills a pawnbroker by splitting her skull with an ax.
What is Crime and Punishment?
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
Select the relative clause from the following sentence, "Due to my absences, the woman who was scheduled to take my place will now take my time slot."
What is "who was scheduled to take my place"?
500

She wrote, "the Giver."

Who is Lois Lowry?

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