Romeo and Juliet
Figurative Language
Odyssey
Poetry
Wild Card
100

The character who weds Romeo and Juliet

Friar Lawrence

100

A figure of speech comparing one thing to another by using the words "like" or "as." 

Simile

100

The name of our story's hero.

Odysseus

100

In the poem "Ozymandias," the speaker recalls a story about this object in the desert.

A statue

100

Mr. Hagen has been teaching for how many years?

Less than 1

200

The location where Romeo and Juliet first meet

Capulet's Feast

200

A figure of speech where human-like qualities are given to something not human.

Personification

200

The name of the cyclops.

Polyphemus

200

In the poem "To This Day," the speaker recalls an anecdote where he humorously confused these two things as a child.

Pork chops and karate chops

200

What is the minimum sum of grades for each marking period needed to pass a class for the year?

240

300

The character who kills Mercutio

Tybalt

300

Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

Alliteration

300

Odysseus was the mastermind behind this plan that won the Trojan war for the Spartans. 

Trojan Horse

300

In the poem "Troll," the primary comparison the author uses is.. 

Fantasy trolls and Internet trolls

300

How many chairs are in Mr. Hagen's room?

29

400

The character who Romeo is madly in love with for the first two scenes of the play

Rosaline

400

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

Hyperbole

400

The cyclops curses Odysseus with these THREE specific details... 

All his friends will die, he will be lost at sea for many years, and he will return home to bitter days.

400
How many syllables are typically in each line of a haiku? 

Five, Seven, Five

400

What is the name of our school librarian? 

Mrs. Hagerty

500

The bird that Juliet claims to hear the morning after her marriage to Romeo

The nightingale

500

Name eight of the items on our Poetry Vocabulary List.

Anecdote, pathos, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance, and consonance. 

500

The three major details of Tiresias' prophecy are...

Avoid Helios' sheep, deal with your problems at home, and make up with or sacrifice to the gods.
500

The single haiku we read together in class featured this animal.

A frog

500

The author of two poems we have read in class... "Troll" and "To This Day"

Shane Koyczan