Theme
Story Elements
Character Motivations
Literary Terms
Quotes of the Week
100

This is one theme of the Hunger Games.

What are survival, rebellion, etc...

100

This is where the story takes place.

What is setting?

100

Katniss volunteered herself to compete in the Hunger Games for this reason.

What is to save Prim?

100

This means to paint a picture in the reader's mind.

What is imagery?

100

Into each life, this must fall...

What is rain?

200

This is one theme of Gladiator.

What are oppression, injustice, etc...

200

Dialogue literally translates to this.

What is "two people speaking"?

200

Peeta says he's in love with Katniss for this reason.

What is gaining sponsors?
200

This means to compare two things using like or as.

What is a simile?

200

There are seven days in a week. This is not one of them.

What is 'some day'?

300

This is one theme of The Giver.

What is ignorance, control, etc...

300

This is another word for the main problem in the story.

What is conflict?

300

Franny, the actress, quits acting for this reason.

What is fear of her ego?

300

This means to compare two things NOT using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

300
I put my hand on my heart, that means I feel ya. Real recognize real, and you're looking this. (Hint: it rhymes)

What is familiar?

400

This is one theme of The Other Side of the Sky.

What is courage, trusting strangers, etc.

400

This is one idea that appears throughout the entire passage or story.

What is theme?

400

Katniss and Peeta plan to eat the berries because they don't want to kill each other. They also want to send this message to the government.

What is "You can't control us"?

400
This is when a word or phrase is used repeatedly.
What is repetition?
400

This above all: to thine ownself be this.

What is true?

500

This is one theme of The Hobbit.

What is being brave, proving people wrong, etc.

500

These details describe what the story looks, smells, sounds, feels, and tastes like.

What are sensory details?
500

This is what motivated Farah to escape Afghanistan, despite missing a leg.

What is a fear of dying (or her mother's safety)?

500
Choose carefully, class. This is when a sound is repeated in a sentence.

What is alliteration?

500

Every heart is this, tangled up in knots someone else tied.

What is a package?