Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Point of View
Story Questions
100

Their movements were grotesque and horrible, their forms <gigantic>

What is adjective?

100

Its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell.

What is simile? 

100

Laughably absurd 

What is Ludicrous?

100

"A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below."

What is third-person omniscient?

100

In what state was the story set in?

What is Alabama?

200

The two <sentinels> fired again, independently and ineffectually.

What is noun?

200

A <whiz> and rattle of grapeshot among the branches high above his head roused him from his dream.

What is onomatopoeia?

200

The action of swinging back and forth

What is oscillation?

200

"Expecting the group at the center of a bridge not a man moved."

What is third person omniscient?

200

What event took place during this story?

What is Civivl War?

300

His brain was as energetic as his arms <and> legs.

What is Conjunction?

300

The cannon had taken a hand in the game.

What is personification? 

300

Physically or mentally painful

What is poignant?

300

"His face had not been covered nor his eyes bandaged. He looked for a moment at his 'unsteadfast footing'..."

Third person limited

300

Where was the soldier from in part 2?

What is North?

400

It was <uncomfortably> warm and he snatched it out.

What is adverb?

400

The trees upon the bank were giant garden plants.

What is metaphor? 

400

Predicting 

What is presaging?

400

"Put it back! Put it back!" he thought he shouted the words to his hands...

What is first person?

400

Peyton swam with the rapidity of what?

What is lightning?

500

<Ah>, how beautiful she is!

What is interjection?

500

He noted the prismatic colors in all the dewdrops upon a <million blades of grass.> 

What is hyperbole?

500

Endless

What is Interminable?

500

Peyton Farquhar was dead; his body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timers of Owl Creek bridge.

What is third person omniscient? 

500

What is a grape shot?

What is a cluster of bullets?