Show:
The Scarlet Ibis
TKAM
The Odyssey
Background
Mystery
100
William Armstrong is the real name of this character.
Who is Doodle?
100
The story of To Kill a Mockingbird takes place over the course of how many years?
What are 2 years?
100
Eumaeus and Philoetius are two friends and servants to this king.
Who is Odysseus?
100
The Odyssey takes place in this location.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
100
This figurative language is used to show a difference between appearance and reality, which creates suspense for the reader.
What is irony?
200
The death of Doodle is foreshadowed by this symbol.
What is the scarlet ibis?
200
Bob Ewell dying after causing the death of Tom Robinson is an example of this thematic idea.
What is justice?
200
This goddess kept Odysseus for 7 years.
Who is Calypso?
200
These are the 5 influences of Harper Lee's novel.
What are the Great Depression, Life in the 1930s, the Scottsboro Boys trial, her life, and Jim Crow Laws of the South?
200
This person would have told the story of The Odyssey orally and through song.
What is a minstrel/rhapsode?
300
This famous war tells the reader when the story takes place.
What is World War I?
300
This major symbol in the book represents innocent people like Tom Robinson and Boo Radley.
What is a mockingbird?
300
The Odyssey is what type of literature?
What is an epic myth/epic poem?
300
According to Greek mythology, there are this many major gods and goddesses that live on Mount Olympus.
What is 14?
300
An epic hero has these specific qualities.
What are mortal, brave, cunning?
400
The story is told from an adult point of view as a flashback or memory. This helps to create what literary device?
What is suspense?
400
Jem learns this important lesson from Atticus by reading every day to Mrs. Dubose.
What is courage?
400
This goddess is the mentor to Odysseus.
Who is Athena?
400
To Kill a Mockingbird was written and published during this period of American history.
What is the Civil Rights movement?
400
This is the number of steps in a hero's journey.
What is 9?
500
The theme or the message of the story is that that pride is a double-edged sword, meaning it can be a good thing as well as a bad thing. James Hurst uses what thematic idea to convey this message?
What is pride?
500
Scout learns this lesson throughout the novel through events and characters like Boo Radley, Dolphus Raymond, Mayella Ewell, Miss Caroline, Walter Cunningham, Mrs. Dubose, Aunt Alexandra, Calpurnia, Tom Robinson, and Atticus.
What is not judging people until you climb into their skin and walk around in it?
500
This is Odysseus's biggest character flaw.
What is hubris/arrogance?
500
This is Odysseus's "claim to fame" in the Trojan War.
What is the Trojan Horse?
500
Double Points: This state is the setting of "The Scarlet Ibis."
What is North Carolina?