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Spell it Out "A"
100
This general, a Russian Kossack and resident of "Ship-Trap Island," has grown bored with hunting animals and tells his new friend Rainsford that he has discovered a more challenging type of prey in Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game."
Who is General Zaroff?
100
To give human qualities to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
100
In this John Steinbeck novella, George and Lennie travel from farm to farm seeking work during the Great Depression.
What is _Of Mice and Men_?
100
These are the last names of Romeo and Juliet, respectively.
What are Montague and Capulet?
100
When we gather in the auditorium to listen to a guest speaker, we are having one of these.
What is A-S-S-E-M-B-L-Y ?
200
George and Ulrich hunt each other in the forest on a stormy winter night. Just as they are about to kill each other, a tree falls on top of them... and that is not the worst of their problems in this short story.
What is "The Interlopers" ?
200
Poems that don't rhyme are said to be written in this...
What is free verse?
200
In this famous novel by Harper Lee, a little girl in the deep south named Scout Finch learns empathy through the brave actions of her lawyer father, Atticus.
What is _To Kill a Mockingbird_?
200
Shakespeare published 154 14-line poems called these.
What are sonnets?
200
This is the term for an old, collectible item -- such as a car or piece of furniture -- that is valuable because of its age.
What is A-N-T-I-Q-U-E
300
This Edgar Allan Poe story is told through the voice of a madman who has murdered his landlord and buried him in the floor, but a certain sound leads him to believe his victim is still alive...
What is "The Telltale Heart" ?
300
When a poet uses words that sound like the sound they are representing, such as "sizzle" or "ring."
What is onomatopoeia ?
300
In this classic by S.E. Hinton, a greaser stabs a soc (pronounce: soash), hides in a shack, saves children from a burning church, and then returns home to live with his hardworking brothers Dally and Sodapop.
What is _The Outsiders_?
300
He is the Prince of Denmark, ordered by the ghost of his dead father to kill his uncle who -- according to the ghost -- murdered his father before marrying his mother.
Who is Hamlet?
300
These are the number of days you were not present in school.
What is A-B-S-E-N-C-E-S
400
In O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," Jim and Della sacrifice these, their only valuable items in the world, in order to afford to buy gifts for each other for Christmas.
What are Jim's watch and Della's hair?
400
The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds of several words within one line of poetry, as in "splashing horses stop in the silvery stream."
What is alliteration?
400
In this Young Adult novel by Sharon Draper, Andy gets into a car accident that kills his longtime friend and Hazelwood High School basketball teammate, Robert Washington. While his other friends have managed to move on, Andy blames himself and cannot get past his guilt and pain.
What is _Tears of a Tiger_?
400
Shakespeare's poetic lines all consist of ten syllables (five feet), each foot made up of two syllables with the accent on the second syllable. This is the name for that specific poetic rhythm.
What is iambic pentameter?
400
You will need this from your teacher before committing to a topic for your research project.
What is A-P-P-R-O-V-A-L
500
In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," Montresor takes revenge on his enemy Fortunato by leading him down into his wine cellar and then doing this to him.
What is burying him behind a wall?
500
The repetition of the vowel sounds inside several words within one line of poetry, as in "Go row the boat home."
What is assonance?
500
In this first book of the Suzanne Collins series, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to replace her little sister in the annual "tribute," where she must fight to the death along with the local baker's son Peeta, with whom she may be in love, and whom she may have to kill...
What is _The Hunger Games_?
500
This is the name of the London theatre that Shakepeare helped build and in which his plays were performed.
What is "The Globe" ?
500
We pledge "this" to the flag every morning.
What is A-L-L-E-G-I-A-N-C-E