What's the Theme?
Literature Terms
To Kill A Mockingbird
Guess That Story
What a Character!
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What is: Pride can hurt others, sometimes with severe consequences?
What is the theme of "The Scarlet Ibis?"
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What are setting and foreshadowing?
Match the definitions with the correct words: The time, place, and environment in which a story takes place and When future events are hinted at in a certain point in the story.
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Who is Scout Finch?
A tomboy; likes to wear overalls; Dill's girlfriend
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What is Beauty and the Beast?
Popular fairytale first published in 1697 that has had many alternate endings and adaptations. One of the most famous adaptations is in this Disney movie. Story about a young woman who meets an unlikely match.
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Who is Beauty?
Stays with Beast at the castle.
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What is False: The theme is that nature can go on by itself without humans.
True or False: The theme of "There Will Come Soft Rains" is that nature is completely relying on human intervention, and can't go without them.
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What is True?
True or False: A force opposing the protagonist is the antagonist.
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Who is Aunt Alexandra Hancock?
Wants to turn Scout into a "young lady."
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What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
Story set in the Great Depression that focuses greatly around racial prejudice towards African Americans. Told through the eyes of a young girl. Published by Harper Lee.
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What is Explicit Theme?
Which theme states the theme of a story outright?
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What is suspense (and what is the Twilight Zone and Rope by Alfred Hitchcock)?
What is the element that is found in many classic movies and TV shows that gives the reader anxiety due to withheld plot details (Bonus points if you can name one TV show and movie with this element).
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Who is Boo Radley?
Accused of stabbing his father in the leg with scissors.
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What is Quality?
Told by an unnamed narrator, this story is centered around a bootmaker that makes boots that are incredibly well made and how he deals with the growing industrialized companies. Many unfortunate events happen along the way, and ends with an important character dying.
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What is no, they still want that moment of youthful pleasure again?
After Dr. Heidegger's experiment, do the subjects learn anything at all?
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What are character v. nature, character v. society, character v. self, and character v. self?
List the four types of conflict.
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Who is Mrs. Dubose?
Called a "great lady" by Atticus.
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What is "There Will Come Soft Rains?"
A short story written by Ray Bradbury set in a post-apocalyptic future, this focuses more on setting as a character rather than just a backdrop.
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The main theme of Beauty and the Beast is that love has the power to change the thinking, behavior, or perspectives of those who experience it. It is shown when Beauty agrees to marry the Beast, despite his appearance and mannerisms, which leads to a happy ending.
Explain the theme of Beauty and the Beast and tell how it is shown in the story.
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Resolution is initially the ending of a story- where the conflict is completely resolved. In "The Duel", the resolution is that Ivan Golubenko never gets around to telling Vladimir Kladunov's mother about her son's death, and he ultimately leaves.
Explain resolution and give the resolution of the story "The Duel."
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Who is Tom Robinson?
Accused of raping a young white woman; has a wife and two kids; sentenced guilty and sent to prison; shot 17 times trying to escape.
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What is "The Scarlet Ibis?"
Teaches that pride can damage others.
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