A story of a young boy named Greg and his struggles in middle school.
What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
100
The second step in the plot, when the action begins and the conflict begins to happen.
What is the rising action?
100
This comic book and film character has adamantium claws that extend from his hands.
Who is Wolverine?
100
This book series about a boy wizard was adapted into eight movies, and is the highest grossing movie series of all time.
What is Harry Potter?
200
The overall point of a story.
What is theme?
200
The story of a young girl who moves in with her father and meets a family of vampires.
What is Twilight?
200
The last step to the plot, when (hopefully) the conflict is resolved.
What is the resolution?
200
This fictional character discovered on his eleventh birthday that he was a wizard.
Who is Harry Potter?
200
The first movie to this trilogy about a young girl who must fight to the death in an arena to survive came out in 2011. The second movie will premiere the November.
What is The Hunger Games?
300
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
300
The story of a teenage girl who has to fight to the death in an arena in the place of her younger sister.
What is The Hunger Games?
300
The fourth step to the plot, when the action begins to slow down and the conflict starts coming to a close.
What is the falling action?
300
This Spartan king led a small unit of well-trained men (whose only profession was as a soldier), against the Persian army led by King Xerxes in the Battle of Thermopylae in a comic book and film.
Who is King Leonidas?
300
These books about a boy who is the son of Poseidon debuted in 2011. The second film is currently in theaters.
What is Percy Jackson?
400
Giving human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
400
The story of two young people who fall in love against the wishes of their family and have a tragic ending.
What is Romeo & Juliet?
400
The third step to the plot, when the conflict and action comes to a turning point.
What is the climax?
400
This comic book hero lost his wife and two children in a mob shoot out, and then wages a one-man war on crime, "punishing" criminals using unconventional means.
Who is The Punisher?
400
These comic books about a group of mutated super heroes who operate a school were turned in to films beginning in 2003. The newest film will come out in December.
What is the X-Men?
500
A reference to a person, object, or event. (Clue: Refering or "alluding" to something.)
What is an allusion?
500
The story of a young boy who travels with seven companions into dangerous situations, including dragons, wizards, and trolls, in order to destroy an evil ring.
What is The Lord of the Rings?
500
The alternate term for resolution; a french word meaning "The Ultimate End".
What is denouement?
500
This fictional character from England is considered the greatest spy in the world. His stories have inspired nearly fifty books.
Who is James Bond?
500
This graphic novel was turned into a action movie about a small army standing against the largest force in the world to protect their nation.