Vocab You Know
This literary element encompasses the time, geographical location, and environment in which a story takes place.
setting
In R.L. Stine’s classic book series and movie adaptations, this living, talkative dummy named Slappy frequently comes to life to cause chaos.
Goosebumps
In the 2023 movie adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy's, Mike Schmidt takes a job at the abandoned pizzeria located in the city of New Orleans, situated in this southern U.S. state.
Louisiana
7x + 13 = 62
7
This is how many kids Mr. Groves currently has.
3
This literary device occurs when the audience or reader knows a vital piece of information that the characters on stage or screen do not.
dramatic irony
In this spooky 2009 stop-motion animated film, a young girl discovers a secret door in her house that leads to an alternate reality where her "Other Mother" has buttons for eyes.
Coraline
Deep in the Highlands, the famous freshwater lake Loch Ness—home to the mysterious aquatic monster nicknamed "Nessie"—is located in this European country just north of England.
Scotland
12y - 19 = 89
9
While Mr. Groves was born in the US, his ancestors were primarily from this small country.
Ireland
Authors build this intense, lingering feeling of anxiety and uncertainty by withholding information and raising the stakes before a critical plot resolution.
suspense
DAILY DOUBLE
In Washington Irving’s classic spooky tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, schoolteacher Ichabod Crane is chased through the woods by this terrifying phantom.
the Headless Horseman
Dracula’s famous home region of Transylvania, bounded by the Carpathian Mountains, is located in the central and western region of this Eastern European country.
Romania
n/6 + 15 = 23
48
This German manufacturer has been designing Mr. Groves' favorite cars since 1948.
Porsche
This term describes a piece of writing that is brief and directly to the point, avoiding unnecessary words or fluff.
concise
In Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novella, Dr. Henry Jekyll drinks a potion that transforms him into this evil, violent alter-ego.
Mr. Hyde
Salem, infamous for the 1692 witch trials that inspired countless horror stories, sits on the Atlantic coast of this northeastern U.S. state, just northeast of Boston.
Massachusetts
DAILY DOUBLE
8a - 27 = -11
2
Mr. Groves graduated high school this year.
2012
Writers achieve this quality when they choose exact, accurate words rather than vague or general language.
precise
Directed by John Krasinski, this 2018 post-apocalyptic thriller follows the Abbott family as they are forced to live in total silence to avoid blind alien monsters that hunt purely by sound.
A Quiet Place
To visit Whitby—the coastal town where Dracula’s ghost ship washes ashore in Bram Stoker's novel—you would need to travel to the North Yorkshire coast of this European nation.
England
k/9 - 14 =8
198
Though he only lived there for less than a year, Mr. Groves was born in this US State.
Nevada