Poetry & Rhyme
This is a stanza of poetry that consists of exactly two lines that usually rhyme and have the same meter.
What is a couplet?
If the root word aud means "to hear," this is the 8-letter word for the group of people gathered to watch and listen to a performance.
What is an audience?
This American author captured jazz-age decadence and the elusive American Dream in his 1925 masterpiece, The Great Gatsby.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
In this William Golding novel, a group of British schoolboys find themselves stranded on a deserted island and rapidly descend into savagery.
What is Lord of the Flies?
If a character says, "I shall see you anon," they are using a word that means this.
What is soon (or shortly)?
This 5-line, humorous type of poem follows an AABBA rhyme scheme and often starts by introducing a person from a specific place.
What is a limerick?
The Latin root ped or pod means "foot," which is why someone rides a bicycle using these.
What are pedals?
She wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning Southern Gothic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which remained her only published book for over fifty years.
Who is Harper Lee?
Holden Caulfield spends a few lonely days wandering around New York City after being expelled from his prep school in this J.D. Salinger classic.
What is The Catcher in the Rye?
When characters use the words thee, thou, or thy, they are just using old-fashioned ways of saying this common pronoun.
What is you (or your)?
This traditional Japanese poetic form consists of three lines with a strict 5-7-5 syllable structure.
What is a haiku?
If the prefix mis- means "wrongly" or "badly," this 10-word means to read or interpret something incorrectly.
What is to misinterpret (or misunderstand)?
This British author used his experiences in the Indian Imperial Police to write dystopian warnings like 1984 and political allegories like Animal Farm.
Who is George Orwell?
Set during the Great Depression, this John Steinbeck novella follows the tragic bond between two displaced migrant ranch workers, George and Lennie.
What is Of Mice and Men?
If a character says, "I hark music in the distance," or a modern horror movie tells you to "Hark!", what action are they telling you to do?
What is listen (or hear)?
When words within the exact same line of a poem rhyme with each other, it is called this type of rhyme.
What is internal rhyme?
This 4-letter Greek root meaning "graph" or "gram" shows up in words like autograph and telegram, and it means this.
What is to write?
Known for his intense, spare writing style and love of adventure, this Nobel Prize winner wrote The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
This Mary Shelley novel features a Swiss scientist who accidentally constructs a sentient, tragic monster out of scavenged body parts.
What is Frankenstein?
Shakespeare characters use the word hie when they are in a rush (e.g., "Hie thee home!"). What does hie mean?
What is hurry (or go quickly)?
This is the term for poetry that does not use a consistent meter, rhythm, or rhyme scheme.
What is free verse?
The prefix bene- means "good" or "well," which is why this 11-letter word describes someone who receives advantages or profits from something like a will or insurance policy.
What is a beneficiary?
This playwright used the real-life Salem Witch Trials as an allegory for McCarthyism and the Red Scare in his 1953 play The Crucible.
Who is Arthur Miller?
Guy Montag is a "fireman" whose literal job is to burn illegal books in a futuristic, heavily censored society in this Ray Bradbury classic.
What is Fahrenheit 451?
If Romeo says, "I would I were a glove upon that hand," he isn't speaking in the past tense—he is using would to mean this action.
What is wish (or want)?