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FAMOUS AUTHORS
FAMOUS WORKS OF LITERATURE
LITERARY QUOTES
POETRY TERMS
GRAMMAR
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Nineteenth century American author of stories and poems--practically all of them are about death
Who is Edgar Allan Poe
100
Shakespeare's play about two doomed lovers.
What is "Romeo and Juliet."
100
"Quoth the Raven, ___________"
What is "nevermore"
100
This type of verse doesn't rhyme
What free verse
100
A short pause in a sentence is represented by this punctuation mark.
What is a comma
200
He wrote both "Romeo and Juliet" and "Julius Caesar"
Who is William Shakespeare
200
S.E. Hinton's novel about the "greasers" and "socs" in Tulsa, Oklahoma
What is "The Outsiders."
200
"I presented him a crown, which he thrice refused. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an ____________ man."
What is "ambitious."
200
Groups of lines in a poem are referred to as _________.
What are stanzas
200
A comma in a sentence is correctly placed before/after a conjunction in a compound sentence.
What is before
300
American author who wrote "Of Mice and Men," "The Grapes of Wrath," and many others.
Who is John Steinbeck
300
John Steinbeck's story of two traveling farm workers and their dream of having their own place.
What is "Of Mice and Men."
300
"Tell it like you done before, George. . . . and I get to tend the __________."
What is "the rabbits."
300
The pattern of rhyme in a poem (like ABAB CDCD) is known a its rhyme ____________.
What is rhyme scheme
300
This part of speech shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. Often it shows place or time.
What is a preposition
400
1950's American writer who was married to Marilyn Monroe, and who wrote "The Crucible," and "Death of a Salesman."
Who is Arthur Miller
400
Charles Dickens' tale of "Scrooge," "Tiny Tim," and other characters is called ________________.
What is "A Christmas Carol."
400
Stay gold, ___________!"
Who is Ponyboy
400
A long poem that tells a story is known as a ____________ poem.
What is a narrative poem
400
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses; often it is used to connect two short sentences.
What a semicolon
500
American playwright who was the author of "A Streetcar named Desire," "The Glass Menagerie," and others
Who is Tennessee Williams
500
Earliest known poem in English literature, written by an unknown poet, it tells of monsters and heroic warriors.
What is "Beowulf."
500
"Half a league, half a league, half a league onward. Into the valley of ___________ rode the six hundred."
What is "death."
500
A 14 line rhyming poem about love is known as a ____________.
What is a sonnet
500
This kind of sentence error can be caused by the lack of a subject, lack of a verb, or lack of a complete thought.
What is a fragment