THE TEENS
AMERICAN LITERATURE
"T"EOGRAPHY
LITERARY TERMS
SPELLING
100
World War I ended in November of this year
What is 1918
100
His 1841-42 South Pacific voyage aboard the whaler Acushnet provided the basis for his most famous novel
Who is (Herman) Melville
100
This Iranian capital lies at the foot of the Elburz mountains
What is Tehran
100
The Greek for "first combatant" gives us this term for the leading character of a literary work
What is protagonist
100
There are Gregorian & Julian versions of this chart
What is C-A-L-E-N-D-A-R
200
In 1319 3-year-old Magnus Eriksson became king of both Sweden & this neighbor
What is Norway
200
C. Auguste Dupin is the hero of Edgar Allan Poe's first detective story, "The Murders" here
What is in the Rue Morgue
200
This North American city is home to the Rogers Centre & the CN Tower
What is Toronto
200
This literary term refers to a line of 5 metrical feet in which each foot is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one
What is iambic pentameter
200
Not domestic, like a certain French legion
What is F-O-R-E-I-G-N
300
The 1719 Battle of Glenshiel in this country was a defeat for the Jacobite Rebellion
What is Scotland
300
Shortly after "The House of the Seven Gables", he wrote a book of classical myths, "A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys"
Who is Hawthorne
300
The Turkish city of Batman is near where this river enters Iraq
What is the Tigris
300
It's a word or phrase that is self-contradictory, like bittersweet
What is an oxymoron
300
A nonprofessional; Bobby Jones was one in golf
What is A-M-A-T-E-U-R
400
In 1513 Ponce de Leon landed in what's now this U.S. state & gave it its name
What is Florida
400
Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" is set in the early 20th century in this typical American town located in New Hampshire
What is Grover's Corners
400
This Indian name for Mount Rainier is also the name of a major city nearby
What is Tacoma
400
It's the use of words imitative of sounds, like "buzz" or "hiss"
What is onomatopoeia
400
It precedes Falcon in the name of Han Solo's vessel
What is M-I-L-L-E-N-N-I-U-M
500
Captain Thomas MacDonough's 1814 victory at this lake saved New York & Vermont from invasion
What is Lake Champlain
500
A hard journey through Mississippi with a smelly corpse is the subject of his "As I Lay Dying"
Who is Faulkner
500
This small West African country is wedged between Ghana & Benin
What is Togo
500
It's a figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for effect, like "to wait an eternity"
What is hyperbole
500
The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet, cowpoke
What is M-U
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