Fiction/Short Stories
Vocabulary
Non-Fiction
Author Studies
Figurative Language
100
The antagonist in "The Most Dangerous Game"
Who is General Zaroff?
100
followed or chased
What is to be pursued?
100
A story written about someones life by someone else
What is a biography?
100
The author of "The Raven" and "The Cask of Amontillado"
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
100
The following is an example of_______: She dances like a princess.
What is a simile?
200
This provides the time and place of a story
What is the setting?
200
To come face to face with someone
What is confronted
200
An authors attitude regarding what they are writing
What is tone?
200
The author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Who is Maya Angelou?
200
The following is an example of _______?: The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.
What is personification?
300
The sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
300
Expressions of sympathy
What are condolences?
300
In the excerpt from "Boy", a ______ is placed in the candy jar.
What is a dead mouse
300
The place where Montresor buried Fortunado alive in "The Cask of Amontillado"
What are the catacombs?
300
The following is an example of ________: My heart is numb as a potato.
What is a simile?
400
When the author gives little hints about what is to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
400
Another word for wealthy that starts with an A
What is affluent?
400
The tone that Twain uses in "Cub Pilot on the Mississippi"
What is humorous?
400
In “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, the “caged bird” is a ________ of hope and freedom.
What is symbol?
400
The following is an example of______: Life is a yo-yo.
What is a metaphor?
500
In the story, “The Interlopers”, the dispute first started over ____
What is land?
500
Punishment for a wrong, justice, revenge
What is retribution?
500
A genre that is true or factual
What is nonfiction?
500
“The Cask of Amontillado” is a tale set during _________.
What is Carnival?
500
This is an example of _________: The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves.
What is personification?
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