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Wildcard
100
A reference to another piece of literature, historical event, art, or mythology.
What is an allusion?
100
The central argument of an essay.
What is a thesis statement?
100
Historical event that is the setting for The Crucible.
What are the Salem witch trials?
100

This ancient classic tells the heroic deeds of the title character. One of the oldest written stories to date. 

What is Beowulf?

100

What do the 13 stripes on the United States flag represent?

The 13 original colonies.

200
The use of descriptive details that pertain to any of the five senses.
What is imagery?
200
Verifies whether an event actually occurred or not and is the most trustworthy type of a source
What is a primary source?
200
The Greek word for logical appeal in an argument.
What is logos?
200

This barnyard story mirrors the events of World War II. 

What is Animal Farm?

200
What is the object that painters use to mix and hold their paint called?
A pallet.
300
The irony that occurs when the audience knows something that a character does not know.
What is dramatic irony?
300
This is another word for thesis statement.
What is a claim?
300
The author of The Scarlet Letter.
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
300

Written around the years 1386–1395, this collection of stories was written by the famous Geoffery Chaucer. 

What is The Canterbury Tales? 

300
What is the name for a charged atom or ion?
Ion
400
The speech a character gives alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
400
Which is not considered reliable evidence: personal opinion, statistics, expert opinion, or examples?
What is personal opinion?
400
The credibility of the speaker in an argument.
What is ethos?
400

This dystopian novel tells of a man living in a government-controlled society - where free speech, or freedom of thought, is a crime. 

What is "1984?"

400
Who has won the second most World Series Championships?
St. Louis Cardinals
500
When the action behind a character stops and the character speaks directly to the audience and tells them something that he/she is thinking.
What is an aside?
500
When a reader gives a general picture of an article or essay.
What is a summary?
500
A literary device that appears to contradict itself but actually holds a kind of truth.
What is a paradox?
500

This Shakespearean play is known as "the Scottish play" whose name is thought to be a curse for theater folk. 

What is "Macbeth?"

500
In the movie Titanic, the diamond Rose has was previously owned by what famous French leader?
Napoleon.