Short Stories
The name of the main character in "The Landlady"
Who is Billy Weaver?
These are the names of Ponyboy's brothers.
Who are Darry and Sodapop?
The year in which Anne Frank and her family were discovered by the Nazis.
What is 1944?
This is a reference to a historical, literary figure or event.
What is an allusion?
"The calm lake was a mirror."
What is a metaphor?
This is the reason why Mary Maloney in "Lamb to the Slaughter" killed her husband.
What is because he was cheating on her? What is because he was leaving her?
These were the names rival gangs in the novel.
What were the Socs and Greasers?
What is Mouschi?
This term gives human characteristics/qualities to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
"Lightening danced across the sky."
What is personification?
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
The most violent of all the Greasers.
Who is Dally? Who is Dallas? Who is Dallas Winston?
The name of the evil lieutenant in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
Who is Lieutenant Kotler?
What is a simile?
Third person, omniscient.
What is point of view?
The arena in "The Lady or the Tiger" was modeled after this famous, historical structure.
What is the Coliseum?
This is the last name of Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop.
What is Curtis?
The city where Bruno and his family were from prior to moving to Auschwitz.
Where is Berlin?
The series of events in a story.
What is plot?
Identify the type of conflict:
"The little boy was lost in the woods and was frightened when it began to thunderstorm."
What is a man vs. nature conflict?
This was where Rainsford was headed before falling off the yacht.
Where is Rio?
This is the name of Cherry Valance's best friend.
Who is Marcia?
Anne gives homemade gifts to everyone for Hanukkah. Name two things that she gives to the people in the annex.
What are ear plugs for Mr. Dussel? What is a coupon book for her mother? What is a crossword puzzle book for Margot? What is a scarf for her father? What is perfume for Mrs. Van Daan?
Verbal, situational, and dramatic are types of this:
What is irony?
The color white often represents innocence and purity. This fits the literary term of
What is a symbol? What is symbolism?