Earnest
Poems and Short Stories
Literary Devices
The Plague
Grammar
100

The, somewhat ridiculous, name of Algernon's invalid friend

Who is Bunbury?

100

These two things in the front yard were direct symbols of Sarah and Abby in the story "Two Friends"

What are cherry trees?

100

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary…”
Is an example of this literary device

What is alliteration?

100

He was the priest giving sermons to the town of Oran who met an untimely end :(

Who is Father Paneloux?

100

A sentence is brief but comprehensive, it is said to be this

What is concise?

200

Finish this quote: "Divorces are made..."

What is "in heaven?"

200

"On Aging" was written by this author

Who is Maya Angelou?

200

"Bang!"

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What is onomatopoeia?

200

Rambert's main motivation to leave the city was this

What is to make it back to his wife?

200

The phrase in between two commas is said to be this kind of clause

What is a parenthetical clause?

300

The play takes place in this era of British history

What is the Victorian Era?

300

By the end of the story, our narrator does this to the Yellow Wallpaper

What is she begins peeling it off?

300

The quote: "In consequence I'm inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores," is an example of either ethos, pathos or logos - if we had to pick, we would classify it as...

What is ethos?

300

Rieux's wife was here throughout the whole book

What is a sanitarium? 

300

The sentence, "The course had several necessary requirements that I needed to complete" has this issue 

What is it's redundant?

400

The general gist of the inscription on the cigarette case could be this:

What is 'From little Cecily with her fondest love to her Uncle Jack?'

400

In 'A Tropical Horror,' our narrator meets this fate at the end of the story

What is rescued by a steamship?

400

The continuation of a sentence beyond a line break, couplet, or stanza without an expected pause

What is enjambment?

400

Dr. Rieux's first name is

What is Bernard?

400

Adverbs such as 

after, although, as, because, before, if, since, though, until, when, 

usually indicate you're dealing with this kind of clause

What is an introductory clause?

500

Mr. Thomas Cardew had a train ticket traveling to this place

What is Worthing?

500

The original 'Golden Shovel' poem takes a line from this other poem we read

What is "We Real Cool?"

500

This literary device, also a punctuation mark in grammar, is where the writer addresses a person or thing that isn’t present with an exclamation.

What is an apostrophe?

500

The first victim of the Plague

Who is M. Michel?

500

FANBOYS is an acronym used to remember examples of this part of speech 

What is a coordinating conjunction?