Shakespeare
Who wrote Midsummer Night’s Dream?
William Shakespeare
Who wrote A Christmas Carol?
Charles Dickens
What terrible accident happens to Joe?
Falls into the void, breaks his leg
What is a paragraph called in a poem?
Stanza
What is Zeus the god of?
Lightning / the sky
What natural phenomenon does Frankenstein use to bring the monster to life?
Lightning
Who does Capulet threaten with violence?
Juliet
Why did Scrooge hate Christmas?
Because he was grumpy, entitled, didn’t like spending money
Write two words from the DAFORRESST acronym
Direct Address, Alliteration, Facts, Opinions, Rhetorical Question/Repetition, Emotive language, Second person/Superlatives, Triple
What device repeats the same sounds?
Alliteration
Who were the first people in the Bible?
Adam and Eve
What is the name of Frankenstein's murdered brother?
William
Who are the “star-cross’d lovers”?
Romeo and Juliet
What was the little disabled boy called?
Tiny Tim
What are the full names of the people in Touching the Void
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates
What is a rhyming couplet?
When two lines of poetry rhyme
Which monster did Theseus kill?
The Minotaur
How long did it take to make the Monster's bride?
2 years
Who was Shakespeare married to?
Anne Hathaway
Give 2 adjectives beginning with M to describe Scrooge at the beginning of the novella
Miserable, misanthropic
What does the D in DAFOREST stand for?
Direct Address
Who wrote 'Caged Bird'?
Maya Angelou
Which monster has only one eye?
Cyclops
What is galvinism?
Using electricity to create life
Who is the antagonist Romeo and Juliet
Tybalt
Where did Scrooge work?
Counting House
What do the two Rs in DAFOREST stand for?
Rhetorical Questions/Repetition
Name two forms of poem. E.g. Sonnet
Ask your teacher
How did Odysseus trick the Cyclops?
He hid under a sheep
Who wrote the Frankenstein book?
Write one fact about them for double points.
Mary Shelley