Piranesi
Writing & Literary Terms
History
Out of the Silent Planet
Teacher Trivia
200

These bring Piranesi great comfort

What are the statues?

200

The parts of a TSEAR paragraph

What are topic sentence, support, explanation, analogy, and restatement?

200

The conflict between King Stephen and Empress Maud to over who would rule England led to this

What is civil war?

200

The English philologist who is kidnapped and taken to another planet

Who is Ransom?

200

The name of my oldest child

Who is Thomas?

400

Piranesi keeps notes in a labelled collection of these

What are journals (notebooks)?

400

A line with ten syllables, with an unstressed-stressed pattern

What is iambic pentameter?

400

This group was seen by some crusaders as a gift from God to overthrow the Muslims and by others as a greater threat than the Muslims

Who are the Mongols?

400

The furry, poetic beings who Ransom first meets

Who are the Hrossa?

400

Where I will probably never take you to have class again

What is the woods (or outside)?

600

Susanna Clarke was inspired by this C.S. Lewis novel

Who is The Magician's Nephew?

600
The character in a story who has a goal, has an antagonist, and changes by the end

Who is the protagonist?

600

He unified the Muslim world

Who is Saladin?

600

The earth name for Malacandra

What is Mars?

600

My least favorite week of the whole year

What is Spirit Week?

800
This police officer from outside the House helps Piranesi remember his true identity

What is Raphael (16)?

800

This punctuation mark can connect two independent clauses by itself

What is a semi-colon?

800

The son of Henry II who was so unpopular that he was forced to sign the Magna Carta to limit his power

Who is King John (John Lackland)?

800

This angelic being rules over Malacandra as a spiritual guardian

Who is Oyarsa?

800

My Starbucks order

What is an iced brown sugar oatmilk shaken espresso?

1000

"The ___________ of the House is immeasurable; it's ___________ infinite."

What are Beauty and Kindness?

1000
Your explanation must answer one of these questions

What are so what?, why?, and how?

1000

The son of Henry II who fought bravely in the Crusades

Who is Richard the Lionhearted?

1000

The Oyarsa and all other creatures serve this divine being

Who is Maleldil?

1000

The university where I got my undergraduate degree and met my husband

What is Rutgers?

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