The Monkey's Paw
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Lottery
The Veldt
Random Trivia
100
Mr. White used his first wish for this
What is £200?
100
the point of view used in this famous Poe short story
What is first-person?
100
the type of irony when the audience knows something that a character does not
What is dramatic irony?
100
a brief, indirect reference to a well-known person, event, or work of art/literature
What is allusion?
100
In Minecraft, the player needs to defeat this to unlock the "Free the End" achievement.
What is the Ender Dragon?
200
the turning point or most important start of a plot
What is climax?
200
a concrete object that represents a deeper meaning or them within the story
What is a symbol?
200
the type of irony when words are used to mean the opposite of its typical meaning
What is verbal irony?
200
placing two things side by side to highlight differences or create an interesting effect
What is juxtaposition?
200
this film was the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Iron Man
300
a universal idea or message that the author conveys through their story
What is theme?
300
this point of view uses the pronouns "you" and "yours"
What is second-person?
300
the type of irony where the outcome or situation is the opposite of what is expected?
What is situational irony?
300
this is where the Hadley children spent all their time simulating an African veldt to pretend to kill their parents
What is the nursery?
300
This musical artist temporarily changed his name to this unpronounceable symbol:
Who is Prince?
400
the acronym for analyzing indirect characterization?
What is STEAL?
400
the reason that Poe's narrator gives for killing the old man
What is his eye?
400
the endings of "The Lottery" and "Examination Day" both use this type of irony
What is situational irony?
400
this makes Mr. and Mrs. Hadley feel useless
the house (Happylife Home)
400
Geographically, this is the largest state in the U.S.
What is Alaska?
500
the acronym for remembering how to write an objective summary.
What is SWBST?
500
this symbolizes the narrator's guilt which drives him to confess to the murder
What is the sound of a heartbeat?
500
the woman killed at the end of Shirley Jackson's short story
Who is Tessie Hutchison?
500
the children in this Ray Bradbury story are named after characters from this classic novel
What is Peter Pan?
500
this player has scored the most three-pointers in NBA history (and went to high school with Mr. Hasselberg)
Stephen Curry