Genres
Terminology
Famous Poets
Word Play
Famous Writers
100
A well-known saying that offers advice
What is a proverb
100
Hints or warnings of significant things to come in a story
What is foreshadowing
100
A famous 20th century American poet whose first name is Gertrude
Who is Gertrude Stein
100
The context or associations that a word conjures up
What is connotation
100
The famous Canadian writer who penned the novel "The Handmaid's Tale," won the Booker Prize and is still writing today.
Who is Margaret Atwood
200
A simple story that teaches a lesson
What is a parable
200
a comment or remark in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but not the other characters in the play
What is an aside
200
An ancient, female poet from the small Greek island of Lesbos.
Who was Sappho
200
A contradictory statement that contains some truth. For example: "The Beginning of the End"
What is a paradox
200
Author of Huckleberry Finn
Who is Mark Twain
300
a play that has a satirical or humorous tone and has characters that triumph over adversity
What is a comedy
300
A situation where a character says the opposite of what he/she means. Also known as sarcasm
What is verbal irony
300
Author of the narrative poem "The Raven," published in 1845
Who was Edgar Allan Poe
300
A phrase,line or expression that has been overused and has become commonplace
What is a cliche
300
Author of It, The Shining and Shawshank Redemption and has hold over 350 million books!
Who is Stephen King
400
A play that deals with tragic events and has an unhappy ending
What is a tragedy
400
Anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided or mysterious situation
What is suspense
400
He wrote a collection 154 Sonnets and was born in Statford-upon-Avon.
Who was Shakespeare
400
The writer's attitude towards their subject or the reader
What is tone
400
Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who was Homer
500
A blending of comic book and novel
What is a graphic novel
500
A verse paragraph in poetry
What is a stanza
500
Writer of the poem "Do not go gentle into that good night"
Who was Dylan Thomas
500
An old Irish Poem that is funny contains five lines and employs an AABBA rhyme scheme
What is a limerick
500
Author of the novel, The Outsiders
Who was S.E. Hinton