Night
House on Mango Street
Romeo and Juliet
Literary Techniques
Grammar
100

These were cramped apartments or houses with little food and held Jewish prisoners prior to being transported to concentration camps. 

What is a ghetto? 

100

Sally met the boys there; Esperanza wanted to run. 

What is the monkey garden? 

100

The city in which the play takes place

What is Verona? 

100

The literary technique in the following quote: 

"...and Rachel is skinny enough to get up on the handlebars which makes the bike all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti, but after a bit you get used to it." (HOMS) 

What is a simile? 

100

Dependent or Independent Clause: 

When you win the lottery in Massachusetts

Dependent clause
200

Wiesel uses this character's visions on a train to foreshadow the fires of Auschwitz. 

Who is Mrs. Schachter? 

200

The end of this quote: 

"Until then, I am a red balloon _______"

What is "a balloon tied to an anchor" 
200

The person who agrees to perform the wedding ceremony

Who is Friar Lawrence? 

200

The literary technique in the following quote: 

"Hurray! Today we are Cinderella because our feet fit exactly..." (HOMS) 

What is a metaphor? 

200

The appositive phrase in the following sentence: 

Have you been to my school, Dexter Southfield, before? 

Dexter Southfield

300

This motif symbolizes loss of innocence, darkness in humanity, fear, and horror. 

What is "night"? 

300

According to Esperanza, for what reason did Aunt Lupe die? 

Esperanza thinks that Aunt Lupe died because Esperanza and her friends made fun of her
300

How does Tybalt know that Romeo is at the Capulet ball? 

Tybalt recognizes Romeo's voice

300

The literary technique in the following quote: 

"Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine." (HOMS) 

What is personification? 

300

Type of subordinate clause in the following sentence: 

I ate ice cream because I was hungry. 

Adverb Clause (describing "ate") 

400

Why does Elie not recount the events of Buchenwald in detail at the end of the memoir? 

Nothing mattered to Elie after his father died 

400

The character who says this quote: 

"Like it or not you are Mango Street, and one day you'll come back too." 

Alicia

400

The type of figurative language and the quote's meaning: 

"O, speak again, bright angel! For thou art as glorious as the night..." 

Metaphor - Juliet is compared to an angel

400

The literary technique exemplified by shoes in The House on Mango Street and night-time in Night

What is symbolism? 

400

The adjective clause in the following sentence: 

On my way home, I ran through the park that is next to my house.

that is next to my house

500

At the beginning of Night, Wiesel wishes to study Kabbalah and is very religious. How has he changed by the end of the story? 

He no longer believes in God. 

500

The end of this quote: 

"Rats? They'll ask _______" 

"Bums, I'll say, and I'll be happy." 

500

The meaning of the following quote: 

"She speaks, yet she says nothing. Her eye discourses." 

Juliet is voiceless, yet her thoughts and feelings can be read in her face.

500

The literary technique in the following quote: 

"Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,

Towards Phoebus' lodging: such a wagoner

As Phaethon would whip you to the west, 

And bring in cloudy night immediately." (R & J) 

What is an allusion

or 

What is alliteration

500

Type of subordinate clause in the following sentence: 

My favorite time of year is when school ends for the summer. 

Noun clause

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