Literary Terms
The literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things or abstract concepts
What is personification?
The author of Harry Potter
Who is J.K. Rowling?
Starring Jack and Rose
What is the Titanic?
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: "Their/They're/There going to the movies tonight"
What is "They're going to the movies tonight"?
Adapted from a novel featuring a love triangle between Belly, Conrad, and Jeremiah
What is The Summer I Turned Pretty?
Type of irony that occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not
What is dramatic irony?
Hamlet is the lead character
Who is Shakespeare?
The protagonist of The Things They Carried
Who is Tim O'Brien?
Three reasons for proper nouns
What is a person, place, or thing?
Novel by Nicholas Sparks that was adapted into a romantic drama film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams
What is The Notebook?
An author hints at future events in a story
What is foreshadowing?
The author of To Kill a Mockingbird
Who is Harper Lee?
"To be, or not to be: that is the question" is a quote from Shakespeare
What is Hamlet?
Define "conundrum"
What is a confusing and difficult problem or question?
The novel by Victor Hugo, adapted into a musical film, features iconic songs like "I Dreamed a Dream" and "On My Own"
What is Les Misérables?
The literary term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a phrase or sentence
What is alliteration?
Katniss and Peeta are lovers
Who is Suzanne Collins?
The epic poem of Odysseus
What is the Odyssey?
A punctuation mark that is used to indicate possession
What is an apostrophe?
Novel by Markus Zusak, set during World War II and narrated by Death, and was adapted into a film starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson
What is the Book Thief?
A term that refers to a recurring theme, subject, or idea in a literary work that helps to develop its overall theme or message
What is a motif?
A story of a heartbeat heard in the walls by a guilty man
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
The novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that portrays the decadence and disillusionment of the Jazz Age in America
What is The Great Gatsby?
The plural form of moose
Features a post-apocalyptic world with a maze and deadly creatures known as Grievers
What is The Maze Runner?