Literature

Authors

100

This English author from the 1500's and 1600's who is know for writing plays and poems he wrote the play “Julius Cesar” 

Who is William Shakespeare?

200

This teen-novel author who wrote looking for Alaska and the fault in our stars also runs a Youtube channel with his brother and has a tumblr.

Who is John Green?

300

This woman is the first person to write science fiction novels wrote Frankenstein

Who is Mary Shelley?

400

This 76 year old, Jewish, author is know for writing controversial book topics such as racism, divorce, and bullying. Titles by this author include Are you their god? It’s me Margret 

Who is Judy Blume?

500

This author writes young adult fiction and comic books, she is know for her work with Marvel and the book beautiful creatures

Who is Kami Garcia?

Series

100

This series was the only series written by J.K. Rowling.

What is Harry Potter?

200

This trilogy is based in a country called Panem.

What is The Hunger Games?

300

This series is about a teenage girl who finds out that she is a princess.

What are the Princess Diaries?

400

This 13 book long series follows 3 orphan siblings and an evil distant relative.

What is Series of Unfortunate Events?

500

These books tell the real life story of a family living in late 19th century West America.

What are the Little House books?

Books

100

This book is written in the form of letters about a high school freshman in the 1990's.

What is Perks of Being a Wallflower?

200

This book written in the 1800's is about adultery. It was adapted into a movie featuring Emma Stone

What is The Scarlet Letter?

300

This book was turned into the major motion picture blade runner 

What is do androids dream of electric sheep?

400

This classic book is about an eclectic young women who falls in love despite her first judgment  and learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness.

What is pride and prejudice?

500

This book written by Alice Walker has been turned into a movie and a play, it flows  the life of a black women named Celine in Georgia. 

What is the color purple

Film/TV Adaption

100

This film is John Green's first book to be adapted for the screen.

What is The Fault In Our Stars?

200

This TV show took its name from the first book in the fantasy series it's adapting.

What is Game of Thrones?

300

This 1976 novel was turned into a TV mini-series starring Levar Burton.

What is Roots?

400

This fantasy series begins with a book titled the lion the witch and the wardrobe

What is the chronicles of marina?

500

The Disney classic featuring a mad hatter and a white rabbit is based on what book by Lewis. Carol

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland .?

Poetry

100

This poem by Edgard Allen Poe was used in a Simpson's Tree House of Horror episode.

What is The Raven?

200

This Maya Angelou poem is know for its alliteration 

What is still I rise?

300

The poetic form favored by Shakespeare has a one-stanza, 14-line poem, written in iambic pentameter.

What is a sonnet ?

400

Name a female poet

Maya Angelou, Sylvia Plath, Joy Harjo, sor Juana ines de la Cruz, Sappho 

500

What is it called when a poem does not have a rhyming scheme

What is free verse?