Literary Terms
Freak the Mighty
Rikki-tiki-tavi
Edgar Allan
Parts of Speech
100
A writer's attitude toward his or her subject
What is "tone?"
100
The name that Max gives to the room in which he lives
What is the "Down Under"
100
The setting of the story
What is a bungalow in India?
100
The reason that Sally Ann was given her name
What is that she was born at 7:00 a.m. (S.A.)?
100
The part of speech that modifies a noun or pronoun
What is "adjective?"
200
The central idea or message of the work
What is "theme?"
200
What Kenny Kane is in prison for
What is murder - (he killed Max's mother)?
200
Why Rikki-tiki knows that the cobra is an enemy
What is natural born instinct?
200
The occupation of Mr. Fickett
What is reverend?
200
The part of speech that connects words or groups of words
What is a conjunction?
300
The mental "pictures" experienced by a reader that are given through the use of the language of an author
What is "imagery"
300
The name of the disease that will eventually take Kevin's life
What is Morquio Syndrome?
300
What Darzee's wife and Nagaina have in common
What is they both think things through and follow up on what their husbands fail to complete?
300
The name of the family member who was totally opposed to adopting Edgar Allan (until it was too late)
What is M.N.?
300
The part of speech that is a person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun?
400
A strong comparison of persons or things without using a connecting word such as "like" or "as"
What is a "metaphor?"
400
The slang name of the apartments that Iggy and Loretta live in
What is "the Testaments?"
400
The names of the cobra couple that are determined to kill Teddy, his family and Rikki-tiki
What are Nag and Nagaina?
400
The real reason that Edgar Allan was returned to the adoption agency
What is "the pressure of the church members, community and the family?"
400
The part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb
What is an adverb?
500
A word or combination of words whose sound seems to resemble the sound that it denotes
What is "onomatopoeia?"
500
What Kevin tells Max the Medical Research Lab is
What is the place that will make Kevin the first bionically improved human-being?
500
The name of the author of Rikki-tiki-tavi
What is Rudyard Kipling?
500
The names of the Fickett children (not their nicknames)
What are Michael, Stephen Paul, Sally Ann and Mary Nell?
500
The part of speech that shows sudden, usually strong feeling
What is an Interjection?
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