Classic Short Stories
In this story, a young couple sacrifices their most prized possessions to buy gifts for each other on Christmas Eve.
Answer: What is "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry?
This literary device uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
Answer: What is hyperbole?
This author wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird," a novel about racial injustice in the American South.
Answer: Who is Harper Lee?
This genre of literature typically involves a hero on a quest, mythical creatures, and a battle between good and evil.
Answer: What is fantasy?
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." This famous quote is from a speech given by this US President.
Answer: Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This story is about a small town's annual ritual that involves drawing slips of paper to determine which person will be stoned to death.
Answer: What is "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson?
This literary device is a figure of speech that compares two things without using "like" or "as."
Answer: What is a metaphor?
This author is best known for writing "The Catcher in the Rye," a novel about a teenage boy who is expelled from boarding school.
Answer: Who is J.D. Salinger?
This genre of literature is a work of fiction that is set in the future and often involves advanced technology and dystopian societies.
Answer: What is science fiction?
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." This quote is from this novel.
Answer: What is "Animal Farm" by George Orwell?
This story features a woman who borrows a necklace from a friend to wear to a fancy party, only to lose it and spend years working to pay for a replacement.
Answer: What is "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant?
This literary device repeats the same sound or letter at the beginning of several words in a phrase.
Answer: What is alliteration?
This author wrote "The Great Gatsby," a novel about the decadence and excess of the Jazz Age in America.
Answer: Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This genre of literature is based on real-life events and people, and often involves a narrative of a person's life.
Answer: What is biography?
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." This quote is from this American poet.
Answer: Who is Robert Frost?
This story is about a big-game hunter who becomes the hunted when he ends up on a remote island and is hunted by a wealthy, twisted man.
Answer: What is "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell?
This literary device uses words or phrases to create a picture in the reader's mind.
Answer: What is imagery?
This author wrote "Pride and Prejudice," a novel about the social norms and expectations of wealthy families in Regency-era England.
Answer: Who is Jane Austen?
This genre of literature is typically a long-form work of fiction that follows a complex plot and a cast of characters.
Answer: What is a novel?
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me." This quote is from this novel.
Answer: What is "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte?
This story is about a man who escapes his mundane life through vivid daydreams, but ultimately finds himself in a dangerous situation.
Answer: What is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber?
This literary device gives human qualities to non-human objects or animals.
Answer: What is personification?
This author is best known for writing the "Harry Potter" series of books, which follow the adventures of a young wizard and his friends.
Answer: Who is J.K. Rowling?
This genre of literature typically involves a short work of fiction that focuses on a single incident or character.
Answer: What is a short story?
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves." This quote is from this Shakespeare play.
Answer: What is "Julius Caesar"?