Two Weeks with the Queen
Holes
Literary Techniques
Poetry
100

The full name of the main character of 'Two Weeks with the Queen'

Colin Mudford
100

The name of the main character in 'Holes'

Stanley Yelnats

100

Compares something using 'like' or 'as'

Simile

100

When lines of poems end with the same sound

Rhyme

200

Luke Mudfords British cousin in 'Two Weeks with the Queen'

Alistair

200

Nicknames of any three of the campers at Camp Green Lake

Armpit, Zigzag, Zero, X-Ray, Magnet, Twitch, Caveman

200

String of words with the same starting sounds like 'she sells sea shells'

Alliteration

200

The technical name for the paragraph-like blocks of text that make a poem

Stanza

300

Where Colin was planning to go next to find the cure for cancer

The Amazon

300

The nickname of the bandit who robbed Stanley Yelnats Great-Grandfather in 'Holes'

Kissin' Kate Barlow

300

Words that are meant to make you feel something

Emotive language

300

A short type of poem with three lines having, 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables

Haiku

400

The meaning of the Welsh tattoo that both Griff and Ted have

'Forever'

400

The mountain that Stanley and Zero take refuge on

God's Thumb

400

Giving a non-human thing human characteristics or actions

Personification

400

A long and structured type of poem with 14 lines, such as 'How do I love thee?'

Sonnet

500

The original author of the book the play was based on

Morris Gleitzman

500

The author of the book 'Holes'

Louis Sachar

500

When a line of poetry continues into the next without punctuation

Anaphora

500
A type of poem that tells a story in three blocks

Ballad