SHORTS
It’s the protagonist of “The Utterly Perfect Murder.”
Harold and Maria made a movie together.
What is "Harold and Maria"?
Three little kittens lost their mittens.
What is "lost their mittens"?
It’s the mnemonic device for remembering the coordinating conjunctions. Young men who love sports remember it.
What is FANBOYS?
It’s the figurative language shown here: Milton laughs like a hyena.
What is a simile?
He is the antagonist of “The Most Dangerous Game.”
Who is General Zaroff?
Four pirates and a blind parrot sailed on a tattered ship.
What is "Four pirates and a blind parrot"?
Fred McMurray read the news and stomped away in disgust.
What is "read the news and stomped away in disgust"?
It’s the coordinating conjunction in You can go or stay; it doesn’t matter to me.
What is or?
It’s the figure of speech shown here: The mountains stared down at me, and I feared them.
What is personification?
It’s the point of view in “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant.”
What is first person?
In the navy, we always have to keep clean.
What is "we"?
In terror, Henry and June fled the barking puppy.
What is, "fled the barking puppy in terror"?
It’s the number of words in most correlative conjunctions.
What is two?
It’s the figure of speech shown here: A curtain of night closed around our town.
What is a metaphor?
It’s the kind of conflict that goes on inside the character.
What is internal conflict?
Because Marvin didn't show up, the entire game was canceled.
What is "the entire game"?
To many people, computers seem complicated.
What is "seem complicated to many people"?
It’s the correlative conjunction in this Jeopardy answer. Either you know it or you don’t.
What is either . . . or?
It’s the figure of speech shown here: It would take a thousand years to say how much I love you.
What is hyperbole?
It’s the object Madame Loiselle lost.
What is a necklace?
These days, the little house on the hill looks awful lonely.
What is "the little house on the hill"?
George and Lennie want a farm, which symbolizes heaven.
What is, "want a farm, which symbolizes heaven"?
It’s the function of a conjunction.
What is to connect words, phrases, or clauses?
It’s the figurative language shown here: The clouds piled up higher than a mountain.
What is a simile?