Characters
Short Stories
Figures of Speech
Literary Terms
Misc. English
100

A dynamic character in "The Monkey's Paw"

Who is Mr. White?

100

This item had mystical powers that had massive consequences if used

What is the monkey's paw?

100

A police station gets robbed

What is situational irony? 

100

The setting of "The Masque of the Red Death."

What is Prince Prospero's monastery?

100

A heart being a symbol for love

What is inherited symbolism?

200

A static character in "The Masque of the Red Death"

Who is "The Red Death"?

200

This causes seizures, chills, dizziness, and bleeding from the pores

What is the Red Death?

200

Ms. Carolan is as cool as a cucumber

What is a simile? 

200

The emotional response received by a reader

What is mood?
200

The monkey's paw is this kind of symbolism

What is invented symbolism?
300

A main character who makes key decisions that affect the plot. 

What is a protagonist?
300

The author of "The Masque of the Red Death"

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

300

Figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.

What is a metaphor?

300

This expresses the writer's attitude or feelings toward the characters or subject matter

What is tone?

300

"Mr. and Mrs. White waiting in the flickering candlelight for Herbert, the slow expiration of the candle, their silent trudge back to their cold bed, and their mournful rest is sorrowful as well as ominous."

What is imagery?

400

A character who works against the main character in order to help drive the plot

What is an antagonist?

400

The author of "The Monkey's Paw"

Who is W.W. Jacobs?

400

In Beauty and the Beast, Belle jokes to Gaston saying, "I just don't deserve you!" when, in reality, Gaston doesn't deserve Belle.

What is verbal irony?

400

The underlying message that the author is trying to send through a work of literature

What is theme?

400

"The Masque of the Red Death" is told in this point of view

What is third person omniscient?

500

The symbol for the passage of time and inevitable deaths of the party goers in "The Masque of the Red Death"

The ebony clock

500

In "The Masque of the Red Death," the different colored suites (apartments) symbolized this

The stages of life and/or the Seven Deadly Sins

500

You're watching a movie about the Titanic and a character leaning on the balcony right before the ship hits the iceberg says, "It's so beautiful I could just die."

What is dramatic OR verbal irony?

500

This is the expression of the narrator or author’s emotions, attitude, tone, and point of view through artful, well thought out use of word choice and syntax.

What is voice?

500

The name for an elderly person according to Shakespeare

A slippered pantaloon