Lively Lit.
Shiny Short Stories
Potent Poetry
Thoughtful Themes
Vain
Vocab
Vocab
Golden
Grammar
Grammar
Grab Bag
100
Pressing the button will give the couple $50,000 but will cause this to happen.
What is someone they don’t know will die?
100
The ironic twist at the end "The Necklace" reveals this.
What is the necklace was a fake?
100
In the poem "Money," people repeatedly do this at the family’s house.
What is knock or ring the doorbell asking for help or selling things?
100
One should take accountability for one's actions.
What is "The Necklace?"
100
This term means something done to honor someone.
What is homage?
100
This type of clause contains a subject and a verb and can stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is an independent clause?
100
The following emojis depict this short story. 
What is "The Landlady?"
200
This character, Midas’s daughter, is accidentally turned into gold.
Who is Marygold?
200
The story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" concludes that the only land a man truly needs is this amount.
What is six feet of land (enough for a grave)?
200
At age twenty-six, she repeatedly counts these symbols of commitment and love.
What are engagement rings?
200
One should be grateful for what one has.
What is "The Golden Touch?"
200
This word in the title means extreme greed or a strong desire for wealth.
What is avarice?
200
Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence: “While the rain poured, the team continued playing."
What is “While the rain poured?"
200
Meaning "to confuse completely," this vocabulary word comes from "Lamb to the Slaughter."
What is bewilder?
300
This character borrows a diamond necklace to wear to a fancy ball but loses it on the way home.
Who is Mathilde Loisel?
300
This is how Midas can save his daughter and rid himself of the Golden Touch.
What is go to the river and wash himself with the water and sprinkle it on whatever he wishes to no longer be gold?
300
In the poem "The Good Life," money is compared to this kind of relationship.
What is a mysterious lover?
300
Being selfish with one's actions can have real (negative) consequences.
What is "Button, Button" or "How Much Land Does A Man Need?"
300
This term means strange or unusual?
What is eccentric (or peculiar)?
300
Change this sentence to passive voice:
“The committee approved the proposal.”
What is “The proposal was approved by the committee. ?"
300
The following emojis depict this short story.
What is "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"
400
Mary cleverly destroys the murder weapon by doing this.
What is cooking it and feeding it to the police?
400
Mathilde and her husband spend this many years working to pay off the debt for the lost necklace.
What is 10 years?
400
The queen sarcastically ends her speech by saying this phrase about Midas.
What is “Long live King Midas!”?
400
Appearances can be deceptive.
What is "The Landlady" or "Lamb to the Slaughter?"
400
This term means covered in a thing layer or gold.
What is gilded?
400
Identify the phrase in this sentence: “Running through the hallway, the student nearly slipped.”
What is “Running through the hallway?"
400
In "From King Midas," the Midas's daughter praises nature, including the birds, the trees, and this.
What is the river?
500
The story "The Landlady" implies the landlady has likely done this to previous guests.
What is poisoned and preserved them? (Taxidermy)
500
Pahom makes a deal with these people to buy as much land as he can walk around in one day.
Who are the Bashkirs?
500
Seeing the deer once condemns a person to do this forever.
What is search for it for the rest of their life?
500
Create an original theme for "How Much Land Does A Man Need?"
Answers may vary
(*Must be a complete sentence and contain a moral lesson or truth about humanity)
500
This word means an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way.
What is compulsion?
500
Identify the dependent clause in this sentence: “Because the teacher postponed the test, the students had more time to study.”
What is “Because the teacher postponed the test?"
500
The following sentence has this many clauses: “Although the storm ended, the game continued because the field drained quickly.”
What is three clauses? (Although the storm ended / the game continued / because the field drained quickly)
