What's the Meaning of this?
Curiosity is key
"It's gone now."
L is for literature
Maybe you should know this.
100

The way you would describe a crime or situation that is terrible, awful.

egregious 

100

The format for alphabetically arranged works cited. 

What is hanging indent? 

100

The metaphor in A Raisin in the Sun 

What is a plant?

100

Error in judgement despite one's best attempt to make the right choice. 

What is Hamartia?

100

The PM (Prime Minister) of Britain. 

What is Boris Johnson?
200

The opposite of abysmal is

dreadful , awful 

or something similar

200

Data base used for more than one perspective.

Two names needed. 

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints

200

Allusion to the play, Raisin in the Sun, and poet.

What is "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes.

200

The poem and poet about a terrible accident.

We studied it to practice literary terms. 

Robert Frost 

"Out, out!" ?

200

The Colonial name for Mumbai.

What is Bombay?

300

Don't be so sarcastic. 

and 

the short story character from My Oedipus Complex who is sarcastic.  

What is sardonic

Who is Larry

300

Keira B. needs to  not answer.

The subject of her research project and what she discovered as a thesis. 

Soap

It's use is really to remove dir.  Water - plain water, works to clean just as well. 

300

The play write for Raisin in the Sun

Who is Lorraine Hansberry?

300

My Antonia's author, place, century (early, mid, late) and major theme.

What is Willa Cather, Nebraska, early 20th century and Nostalgia?

300

Painting by Klimt found in an Italian gallery after it had been missing since 1997.

What is Portrait of a Lady. 
400

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

This word is used in a perfect sentence on the board in one minute or less

juxtaposition 

400

The computer search done to eliminate certain topics - and /or / not

Boolean search

400

The name of the man who came to buy Walter Jr.'s soul.  (That's a thing in literature)

Mr. Lindner

400
  • “We are such stuff as __________________ are made on, and our little _________ is rounded with a ________.” ...
  • “What's past is p_______.” ...

What are dreams , life , sleep?

What is Prologue? 

400

The name of the comma that goes before the "and" in a sentence.  (Some grammarians feel it is unnecessary)

What is the Oxford comma

500

I am not sleeping; I am dead.

GOOD FREND FOR IESVS SAKE FORBEARE
TO DIGG THE DVST ENCLOASED HEARE
BLESTe BE Ye MAN Yt SPARES THES STONES
AND CVRST BE HE Yt MOVES MY BONES

What is an epitaph.

What is Shakespeare's  epitaph? 

500

Three top big to avoid when told to write a research paper. You have to get what is written.

Fail to find an "in" to you research (something that is interesting)

Failure to find the right essential question and then not having a thesis statement

Find yourself reporting rather than researching. 

500

The year "Raisin in the Sun" is set

and 

the name of the award given to plays.

What is 1959 and Tony 
500

Three of the top books that ________________ has read as part of IR and author's name. 

Metaphor in Montana 1948 explained

What is Student response

And 

What is Paint - as the element that covers up the truth - a mask of sorts that is a part of civilization/community life.  

500

The southern tip of this country is technically in Antarctica.

What is Chile?