A play that contains this line "Now that I know you to be a confirmed Bunburyist, I naturally want to talk to you about Bunburying."
What is The Importance of Being Earnest?
100
Means "Beezlebub" - the evil within the heart of man.
What is the Lord of the Flies (Sow's head)?
100
This character is a lover to Hester Prynne and the father of her child.
Who is Rev Arthur Dimmesdale?
100
This sound device is best illustrated in the word "buzz" in this line of poetry: the buzz-saw snarled and rattled....
What is onomatopoeia?
100
A method like first-person narration where the author puts the reader inside the main character's mind.
What is stream-of-consciousness technique?
200
A novel that contains this line: "Kill the beast. Cut his throat. Spill his blood."
What is Lord of the Flies?
200
Represents the "lasting" memory of Sethe's time at Sweet Home and the abuse she suffered at the hands of whites.
What is Sethe's scar?
200
This character speaks to the beast in LOTF.
Who is Simon?
200
The mythological reference in this line: the goat-footed ballonMan whistles... is called a _________ in poetry.
What is an allusion?
200
A character who works to accentuate the qualities -good or bad - of the main character. In Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Wickham is a _______________ to Mr. Darcy.
What is a foil character?
300
The novel that contains this line: "Anything coming back to life hurts."
What is Beloved?
300
Represents the ugly decadence of the upper class (this symbol is edible).
What are cucumber sandwiches?
300
This character is a harsh-tongued man who hates hypocrisy, but he has committed sin by having an affair. When the town hysteria begins, he worries that his secret will be revealed and his good name ruined.
Who is John Proctor?
300
A well-known theme in poetry that is illustrated in the poem "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" - Gather ye rosebuds while ye may / Old Time is still a-flying.
What is Carpe Diem?
300
A type of irony where there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen, or what would be appropriate to happen and what really does!
What is situational irony.
400
What novel contains the line: "For you a thousand times over."
What is The Kite Runner?
400
Represents Nora's hidden truth in A Doll's House (this one is edible).
What are macaroons?
400
This character is taken in by Hans Hubermann and his wife.
Who is Liesel?
400
The literary device used by Dickinson in these lines: It sifts from Leaden Sieves - / It powders all the woods....
What is a metaphor?
400
Examples: bittersweet living; jumbo shrimp; living death
What is oxymoron?
500
What novel contains this line: The only this worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you."
What is The Book Thief?
500
In Islam and Christianity this symbol represents the sacrifice of the innocent. Amir describes Hassan as looking like a _____________ during the moment of his rape.
What is (slaughtered) lamb?
500
This character is the mischievous fairy in Midsummer Night's Dream who says, "What fools these mortals be!"
Who is Puck?
500
The pattern of rhyme of a Shakespearean sonnet.
What is abab cdcd efef gg?
500
This is an emotional cleansing through expression of emotion - Think "The Greeks!"