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Waknuk Women
Figurative Language
How Ironic!
SciFi Tunes
Glee Songs
100
She is the mother of the main character in the story.
Who is Martie Strorm?
100
The only sounds in the cave were the hopeless, abandoned sobbing, and the plop-plop-plop of the drips.
What is onamatopeia?
100
David, Petra, and Rosalind flee to the Fringes in order to be safe.
What is situational irony?
100
She packed my bags last night pre-flight Zero hour nine a.m. And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then I miss the earth so much I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight - Elton John
What is Rocket Man?
100
Just a small town girl Living in a lonely world She took the midnight train going anywhere Just a city boy Born and raised in South Detroit He took the midnight train going anywhere
What is Don't Stop Believing by Journey?
200
She is the woman that commits suicide rather than face the consequences of a deviant birth.
Who is Harriet?
200
Most often I would see this wonderful place by daylight, but occasionally it was by night when the lights lay like strings of glow-worms along the shore.
What is a simile?
200
David, the son of Joseph Strorm, befriends Sophie.
What is dramatic irony?
200
This is major Tom to ground control, I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today Here am I floatin' 'round my tin can far above the world Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do - David Bowie
What is Space Oddity?
200
They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no' Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know know know I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go go go
What is Rehab by Amy Winehouse?
300
She helps her daughter to escape the posse that will soon be after the fugitives.
Who is Mrs. Morton?
300
My father’s faith was bred into his bones, his principles were his sinews . . .
What is a metaphor?
300
David, Rosalind, Sophie, and Petra have been granted normalcy certificates.
What is dramatic irony?
300
'Cuz they say two thousand zero zero party over Oops out of time So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999 - Prince
What is 1999?
300
I got chills. They're multiplyin'. And I'm losin' control. 'Cause the power you're supplyin', it's electrifyin'!
What is You're the One that I Want by Olivia Newton John (Grease)?
400
She is regretful that she wasn't able to give her husband "norm" children, but he still supports her.
Who is Mrs. Wender?
400
Then he recovered from his first surprise and got in a couple of blows on my face which made me forget about Sophie and sent me at it, tooth and nail, on my account.
What is an idiom?
400
Joseph states, when talking to Harriet, “I am a merciful man.”
What is verbal irony?
400
It's poetry in motion She turned her tender eyes to me As deep as any ocean As sweet as any harmony Mmm - but she blinded me with science "She blinded me with science!" And failed me in biology - Thomas Dolby
What is She Blinded Me with Science?
400
(oo) What you want (oo) Baby, I got (oo) What you need (oo) Do you know I got it? (oo) All I'm askin' (oo) Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit) Hey baby (just a little bit) when you get home (just a little bit) mister (just a little bit)
What is Respect by Aretha Franklin?
500
Although she isn't a "true" character in the story, she was Uncle Axel's wife.
Who is Elizabeth Strorm?
500
Our view to the left was cut off by a fantastically-woven fence of immense bramble trunks with spines as big as shovels.
What is a simile?
500
Joseph says his ancestors were of "true stock".
What is verbal irony?
500
Now that she’s back in the atmosphere With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey, hey, hey She acts like summer and walks like rain Reminds me that there’s time to change, hey, hey, hey, hey Since the return from her stay on the moon She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey, hey, hey hey, hey, hey, hey - Train
What is Drops of Jupiter?
500
I can't fight this feeling any longer. And yet I'm still afraid to let it flow. What started out as friendship, Has grown stronger. I only wish I had the strength to let it show.
What is Can't Fight this Feeling by R.E.O. Speedwagon?