Literature
In Frankenstein, who was murdered on their wedding night?
Elizabeth
In Antigone, Antigone plans to marry Haimon, who is also her _______
cousin
"She is tall and fast so she must be good at sports." The comma goes after which word?
fast
A direct comparison between one thing and another WITHOUT using like or as
metaphor
A girl is sitting in a house at night that has no lights on at all. There is no lamp, no candle, nothing. Yet she is reading. How?
The woman is blind and is reading braille
What is the name of the king in The Golden Touch?
King Midas
In Frankenstein, who does the monster kill first?
Henry
The students were wondering why _______ required to take the MCAs (their, they're, or there)
they're
Giving an object human-like qualities
personification
_____ is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real world myth and folklore
Fantasy
Head of a woman, body of a lion. Gave the riddle that Oedipus solved.
The Spinx
This blind prophet knows the truth about Oedipus
Tiresias
In the sentence, "The necklace turns out to have been much less valuable than Madame Loisel thought in fact, it was merely a piece of cheap costume jewelry," the semicolon comes after what word?
thought
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. (Peter Piper picked a pepper)
Alliteration
This book contains a family of five daughters that all "need" to get married A$AP
Pride and Prejudice
What did Malala ask for from God because of her favorite TV show?
A magic pencil
What is the name of the two Ushers in The Fall of the House of Usher?
Roderick and Madeline
You look like you might faint; you better _____ down. (lay or lie)
Lie
Exaggerating statements not meant to be taken literarlly
Hyperbole
What is it that you cannot hold even ten minute, even though it is lighter than a feather?
Your breath
In The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, what is the name that the narrator grieved for?
Lenore
Who is Malala's best friend?
Moniba
What is wrong with this sentence: The suspects were interviewed right after the crime was committed by the detectives.
It is saying the detectives committed the crime.
________ is a rhythm structure, used mostly in poetry, that combines unstressed syllables and stressed syllables in groups of five. (Created by Geoffrey Chaucer and often used by Shakespeare)
Iambic Pentameter
How old was Mary Shelley when she started writing Frankenstein?
18