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100

She created the Harry Potter series.

Who is J.K. Rowling?

100

This novel follows Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.

What is Pride and Prejudice?

100

This play features the characters Romeo and Juliet.

What is Romeo and Juliet?

100

This dystopian trilogy begins with The Hunger Games.

What is The Hunger Games?

100

A comparison using “like” or “as.”

What is a simile?

200

This author wrote The Great Gatsby.

Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?

200

This novel by Mary Shelley is considered one of the first science fiction stories.

What is Frankenstein?

200

He is known as “The Bard of Avon.”

Who is William Shakespeare?

200

This novel by Margaret Atwood features a dystopian society where women are oppressed.

What is The Handmaid’s Tale?

200

The main character in a story.

What is a protagonist?

300

This British author created the fantasy world of Middle-earth.

Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?

300

This novel follows the tragic story of Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan.

What is The Great Gatsby?

300

“To be, or not to be” is from this play.

What is Hamlet?

300

This novel by Khaled Hosseini is set in Afghanistan.

What is The Kite Runner?

300

The time and place in which a story occurs.

 What is setting?

400

He wrote Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath.

Who is John Steinbeck?

400

This novel by Charlotte Brontë features a governess who falls in love with Mr. Rochester.

What is Jane Eyre?

400

This play features the character Lady Macbeth.

What is Macbeth?

400

This novel by Angie Thomas explores police violence and racial injustice.

What is The Hate U Give?

400

A struggle between opposing forces in a story

What is conflict?

500

This Irish author is known for Ulysses and Dubliners.

Who is James Joyce?

500

This epic novel by Leo Tolstoy explores Russian society during the Napoleonic Wars.

What is War and Peace?

500

This comedy includes the characters Puck and Oberon.

What is A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

500

This novel by Colson Whitehead won the Pulitzer Prize and features a literal underground railroad.

What is The Underground Railroad?

500

A recurring symbol or theme in literature.

What is a motif?