Who wrote this?
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
One of the bestselling authors of all time, now widely criticized by fans of her work for transphobic remarks
J.K. Rowling
"Yer a... wizard
...Harry"
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling
Many residents of Maycomb are racists and during the novel a father (also a lawyer) is asked to defend Tom Robinson, a black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman. He takes on the case even though everyone knows he has little hope of winning. The story is told from the perspective of a young girl.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Simile
This book, dealing with censorship, begins with the line "It was a pleasure to burn"
This poet was known for secluding herself and asked that her poems be burnt after her death.
Emily Dickinson
"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again...
... but already it was impossible to say which was which"
George Orwell
Tells the story of a group of young boys who find themselves alone on a deserted island. They develop rules and a system of organization, but without any adults to serve as a civilizing impulse, the children eventually become violent and brutal.
hint: dead pig
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Metaphor
"Not all those who wander are lost"
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Fellowship of the Ring
This author is known for his mystery short stories and literary criticism by focusing on the macabre. He is known for marrying his 13-year old first cousin and. Born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Baltimore Maryland.
Edgar Allan Poe
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and...
... forget to live"
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling
Jay ___, a man who orders his life around one desire: to be reunited with Daisy Buchanan, the love he lost five years earlier. His quest leads him from poverty to wealth, into the arms of his beloved, and eventually to death.
hint: green light
Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Juxtaposition
"A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey inside"
Winnie the Pooh / A. A. Milne
English novelist whose books are known for exploring dependence of women on marriage and social standing + whose characters always have a love interest.
Jane Austen
"My name is Ozymandias, kings of kings, look on my works ye mighty and..."
"... despair"
Ozymandias
Percy Bysshe Shelley
CONTENT WARNING: sexual abuse
Narrated by Humbert Humbert, a pervert who kidnaps and rapes a young girl, Dolores for several years. H.H. died in jail of coronary thrombosis while awaiting a trial for murder.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Allegory
"There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stull people do"
John Steinbeck -- Grapes of Wrath
Known as the "Queen of Mystery"
Agatha Christie
"One ring to rule them all, one right to find them. One ring to bring them all the darkness..."
"... bind them"
J.R.R. Tolkein
Story of a runaway boy who fakes his own death and an escaped enslaved person's travels on the Mississippi plumbs the essential meaning of freedom.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.
Motif