Vocabulary, Idioms, & Adages
Is someone is very depraved, what are they lacking? (The answer is also a vocab. word.)
scruples
Who is the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"She sells sea shells down by the seashore" is an example of what literary device?
alliteration
Who wrote the poem "Mother to Son"?
Langston Hughes
Who is the oldest known ancestor of the Finch family and where did he come from?
1) Simon Finch
2) England
This word means "to discover with certainty, as through examination."
ascertain
Who is the culprit in "Mulholland Dive"?
Detective Clewiston
What are the three types of irony?
verbal, situational, dramatic
In "Jabari Unmasked" Nikki Grimes includes the first stanza of which poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar?
"We Wear the Mask"
What year is it the summer Scout and Jem first meet Dill?
1933
What idiom references a character from Greek mythology and what does it mean?
Sisyphean task--something that feels impossible
Name the title and author of the first detective story.
"Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe
If your boss says, "I'm letting you go" instead of "You're fired" what literary device are they using?
euphemism
What is the line that immediately follows this one in the "Rose That Grew from Concrete?
"Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams..."
"it learned to breathe fresh air."
What is the name of the real town in Alabama that Maycomb is based on?
Monroeville
What two adages both mean you get what you deserve?
1. What goes around comes around.
2. You reap what you sow.
Name the order in which the guests on Soldier Island die in And Then There Were None (i.e. the order in which the “bodies” are discovered by the other guests).
1) Anthony Marston 2) Mrs. Rogers 3) Gen. MacArthur 4) Mr. Rogers 5) Emily Brent 6) Wargrave, 7) Blore 8) Armstrong 9) Lombard 10) Vera Claythorne
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone = the author's attitude towards the subject they're writing about
Mood = the feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing
What Boston landmark does Charlotte Perkins Gilman allude to in her poem "An Obstacle"?
The Bunker Hill Monument
Many characters in TKaM have nicknames. What are the real (first) names of each of these Mockingbird characters--Scout, Jem, Dill & Boo?
Scout = Jean-Louise
Jem = Jeremy
Dill = Charles
Boo = Arthur