Short Stories
The protagonist of "The Landlady"
Who is Billy Weaver
The longstanding feud between these two families is the central conflict of the play.
Who are the Capulets and Montagues
Trevor's fiercely independent and religious mother.
Who is Trevor Noah
A comparison NOT using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor
The punctuation mark that would go between items listed in a sentence.
What is a comma
What is the setting of "The Lottery"
Who is Mercutio
The system in South Africa that resulted in Trevor being "Born a Crime"
What is apartheid
The use of concrete things to represent abstract ideas.
What is symbolism
The proper spelling of the word indicating that something belongs to someone.
What is "their"
A literary device describing the situation of the police eating the murder weapon in "Lamb to the Slaughter"
What is irony
The four characters who knew about Romeo and Juliet's wedding when it took place
Romeo, Juliet, the Nurse, Friar Lawrence
Trevor’s sells these to his classmates as an early entrepreneurial venture.
A multi-word lesson or moral that an author communicates through their writing.
What is a theme
A sentence error such as "Because I was tired".
What is a sentence fragment
The climax of "On the Sidewalk, Bleeding"
What is Andy removing his jacket
The audience knows Juliet is alive, but Romeo believes she is dead when he finds her in the tomb, showcasing this type of irony.
What is dramatic irony
"Born a Crime" is told through a series of these, a way to share stories from the past.
What are flashbacks
Juliet awakens just after Romeo has poisoned himself, exemplifying this type of irony where the outcome is contrary to what was expected.
The proper spelling of Mrs. Mancusi's job title
What is "principal"
The section of the plot graph in which something happens that starts off the rest of the action of the story
What is the inciting incident?
Parting is such sweet sorrow" is an example of this literary device combining contradictory terms.
What is an oxymoron
The major theme highlighted by Patricia's conviction that Jesus sent Trevor to save her life.
What is the power of faith
The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words, such as "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes"
What is alliteration
A sentence error such as "Sitting on top of his locker Bob spotted his French Textbook"
What is a misplaced modifier