Shorts
Stay Gold
Rule Book
Clues
Mystery
100
The protagonist in "Lamb to the Slaughter"
Who is Mary Maloney
100
The name of the poem by Robert Frost that Pony Recites.
What is "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
100
In the sentence, The boy jumps in joy, jumps is what tense?
What is the present tense?
100
Particle: John was so hungry that he didn’t leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate.
What is a piece of something.
100
Engross: The young child was so engrossed by the flashing lights on the toy train that when his mother asked him if he wanted a piece of chocolate cake, he didn’t even respond.
What is focused on with intense interest?
200
The Antagonist in "The Landylady"
Who is the landlady?
200
These greaser characters both die in the story.
Who are Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston?
200
He, she, they, and them are all called...
What are pronouns?
200
Injustice: Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not.
What is something that is not fair? in= not justice= fair
200
When characters have a problem with weather. It is an example of this...
What is an external conflict? What is a character vs. nature conflict?
300
The dynamic character in "The Landlady"
Who is Billy Weaver?
300
The two girls Pony, Darry, and Johnny pick up at the movies...
Who are Cherry and Marcia?
300
The name of a building, state, capital, a person, or a resturant are all this type of noun...
What is a proper noun?
300
Yearn: Even though John had a good job and a nice family, he yearned for more.
What is to strongly want?
300
This type of essay makes the writer argue a point?
What is an argumentative essay?
400
The static character in "Lamb to the Slaughter"
Who are the police or Patrick?
400
The literary element used in the story to describe Johnny's attack.
What is foreshadowing?
400
Let's eat grandma is missing this puncutation mark. Otherwise, grandma better watch out!
What is a comma?
400
Seldom: Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape, most athletes seldom eat junk food.
What is rarely or not often?
400
Goodwill is an example of this grammatical term meaning two words that are combined into one.
What is a compound word?
500
Who is the protagonist in the short story "Charles" by Shirly Jackson?
Who is Laurie?
500
The name of the boy that sucker punched Darry to start the rumble...
Who is Paul Holden?
500
What is it called when a sentence does not have a subject and a predicate?
What is a sentence fragment?
500
Candor: After weeks of avoiding him, Annie finally found the courage to tell David that she wasn’t interested in him; and even though David was heart broken, he appreciated her candor.
What is honesty?
500
Autobiography, biorgraphy, newspaper article, essay, interview, and a textbook are all examples of this genre of literature...
What is nonfiction?