Plot Development
Tom
Random Characters
Fun with Grammar
Literary Devices
100
Where and when does the story take place?
What is the 1800's in a town called St. Petersburg which is a small town along the Mississippi River.
100
In the beginning of the novel Tom can best be described as?
What is Troublemaker, no good, bad, etc..
100
What is the name of Tom's half brother
What is Sid
100
Which of the following is a simple sentence? A) Twins sometimes look the same. B) Twins sometimes look the same, and that can be confusing! C) Twins look the same, yet sometimes they don't while most of the time they do. D) While twins that don't look the same are known as biological twins, twins that look the same are known as identical twins.
What is (A)
100
What is a literary device which encompasses the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work
What is Tone
200
What major event do Tom and Huck witness in the graveyard.
What is a murder.
200
How many times has Tom been engaged? To whom?
What is twice. The first time was to Amy Lawrence, and the second time was to Becky Thatcher.
200
Who is Tom's first love?
What is Amy Lawrence.
200
Which of the following is a compound sentence. A) Jimmy ate a cow. B) Jimmy ate a cow and ate a panda bear for breakfast. C) While Jimmy ate, his mom dissaproved. D) While Jimmy ate, his mom dissaproved, and she decided not to let him go outside to play.
What is (B)
200
What is mood?
What is a literary device that encompasses the reader’s feelings.
300
Tom and his friends are presummed dead by the townspeople. What really happend to them?
What is they were pretending to be pirates on an island a couple miles outside of town.
300
What does Tom trick all the boys in town to do for him?
What is whitewash a fence
300
What is the name of Tom's school teacher?
What is Mr. Dobbins.
300
Which of the following is a reflexive pronoun? A) Her B) Her C) Himself D) He
What is (C)
300
What are three of the four types of point of view a story can be told in?
What is 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person, and 3rd person omniscient.
400
Why does Tom testify in court?
What is he can't let an innocent man go to jail.
400
What is the name of the cave Tom and Becky get lost in?
What is McDougal's Cave
400
Why is Huck not really welcomed into the society of St. Petersburg?
What is his father was the town drunk and Huck was always associated with him. He also didn't go to school or church.
400
Which of the following is a complex sentence? A) Grammar is your friend. B) As if we care, don't try and fill our minds with this rubbish. C) You would care if you had any regard for yourself and your education. D) You should care, yet so many of you don't (Sad face)
What is (B)
400
6. According to Freytag’s Pyramid, which of the following is in the correct order? a. Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution. b. Resolution, Falling Action, Climax, Rising Action, Exposition. c. Climax, Rising Action, Falling Action, Resolution, Exposition. d. Exposition, Resolution, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action.
What is (A)
500
After the falling action, what is the resolution to the plot?
What is Tom and Huck's adventure comes to an end when Injun Joe is pronounced dead, they find his burried treasure, and live happily ever after.
500
Describe Tom's moral development throughout the novel. Use three examples.
What is child, adolescent, adult.
500
After the courthouse incident, what identity does Injun Joe assume?
What is a deaf and dumb Spaniard.
500
What is a colloquialism?
What is phrases or words people really use in a specific region or country. (Refer to your southern dictionary)
500
What is a synonym for pathos?
What is sympathy
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