Short Story
Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
Spelling
Misc.
100
In the short story, "The Gift of Maji," Jim's most precious item was a watch. This was Della's. 

What is hair?

100

The name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

What is a noun?

100

Her laughter sounded like bells.

What is simile?



100

Grow vigorously

What is flourish?

100

 A word used in the place of a noun in any sentence

What is a pronoun?

200

Mary Maloney uses this as a weapon.

What is a leg of lamb?

200

Expresses action or being.

What is a verb?  

200

Cotton-candy clouds turned pink in the sunset

What is a metaphor?

200

A conversation between two persons

What is dialogue?

200

The end of a story when all conflicts have been resolved

What is the resolution?

300

In "The Lady or The Tiger," if the lady is selected from behind the two doors, this happens to the accused person next.

What is marriage/wedding?

300

Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun

What is an adjective?



300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! (1) This is a synonym for sensory details. (2) Theses are the types of sensory detail for each sense.

What is imagery? What are visual/sight, audial/sound, tactile/touch, olfactory/smell, gustatory/taste?

300

Stress or single out as important

What is accentuate?

300

The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds of several words within one line of poetry, as in "splashing horses stop in the silvery stream."

What is alliteration?



400

The prince has this information to decide which woman he has married in ''The Discourager of Hesitancy.''

What is his bride's hands?

400

Joins words, phrases, or clauses.

What is a conjuction?



400

I'm so hungry I could eat an entire horse!

What is a hyperbole?

400

Anything that disturbs, endangers life, or is offensive

What is a nuisance?

400

The author hints at events yet to come in a story.

What is foreshadowing?

500

In the short story, "The Necklace," this was the amount of money Mathilde requested from her husband to be suitable for the party.

What is four hundred francs?
500

A word used to express emotion.

What is an interjection?



500

An idea, object, color, etc. that represents something else

What is a symbol?

500

To recall or show respect

What is commemorate?

500

Shakespeare's poetic lines all consist of ten syllables (five feet), each foot made up of two syllables with the accent on the second syllable. This is the name for that specific poetic rhythm.

What is iambic pentameter?