Short Stories
What is the title of the story we read by Edgar Allan Poe?
The Tell-Tale Heart
What is the main character's name in The Outsiders?
Ponyboy
What is a quatrain?
4 lines
What is alliteration
The repetition of the same sounding letters.
What does TAG stand for?
Title, Author, Genre
What is the title of the story we read about the village?
The Lottery
What was the name of the rival gang to the Greasers?
The Socials or Socs
What is a stanza?
It is like a paragraph in poetry
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is a thesis?
The claim; your answer to the prompt
What was the setting of the story we read by Edgar Allan Poe?
The old man's house/mansion
Who was Sodapop's best friend?
Steve Randall
Who is the poet that wrote The Raven?
Edgar Allan Poe
What is imagery?
Descriptive words that allow you imagine them.
What comes after the evidence in an essay?
Detailed Explanation, Analysis
What was the name of the man who ran the lottery; it's a season
Mr. Summers
What is the last name of the main character in The Outsiders?
Curtis
What does Shakespeare compare his love to in Sonnet 18?
A Summer's Day
What is situational irony?
When you expect one thing to happen but the opposite happens
What is the first thing you write in a body paragraph?
Topic Sentence
What flying animal did the narrator compare his victim to in the story by Edgar Allan Poe?
A vulture
What city and state does The Outsiders take place in?
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The message of this poem is that good things don't last forever; written by Robert Frost
Nothing Gold Can Stay
What is an allusion?
A reference to something from history.
How do you properly cite a quote from page 13 from the book Refugee by Alan Gratz?
(Gratz 13)