Background info
Literary devices
Vocab
ELA Trivia
General Trivia
100

The author of "Two Friends" has this first name - which is commonly used informally to refer to a person

What is Guy

100

This literary term refers to a physical thing that stands for something abstract

What is symbolism

100

To be deeply lost in thought

What is pensive

100

This part of speech modifies a verb, adverb, or an adjective

What is an adverb

100

This Christmas anti-hero has a diss track that describes him as being "cuddly as an eel"

What is the Grinch

200

Maupassant's writings were classified as being within this nature based movement

What is Naturalism

200

This literary term refers to the deeper meaning of a story

What is theme

200

An extremely wicked or cruel act

What is an atrocity

200

This punctuation mark ends a interrogatory sentence

What is a question mark

200

Before his solo career, Harry Styles was in this British boyband

What is One Direction

300

During Prussian siege, the average citizen of Paris might have eaten this kind of rodent

What are rats

300

While a universal symbol always means the same thing, this kind of symbol is meaningless without the context of a story

What is a specific symbol

300

Unconventional and slightly strange

What is eccentric

300

The prefix "geo-" means this

What is earth

300

This country has the world's largest coastlines

What is Canada

400

On July 19, 1870, France declared war on this German state

What is Prussia

400

Opposite of the exposition, this plot element wraps up the story

What is resolution

400

To be obsessive or extremely passionate about something

What is fanatical

400

This term refers to words that sound the same (new & knew) but are spelled different and have different meanings

What are homophones

400

An unlit match has this kind of energy

What is potential energy

500

Living in France during the 1870's, Maupassant's writings focused on this historical event

The War of 1870 (Franco-Prussian War)

500

This kind of conflict refers to a character struggling with something outside of themself

What is external conflict

500

To do something in a dispirited or sad manner

What is dejectedly

500

The Latin "lingua" would best be translated into this English word

What is language

500

It is illegal to harass or otherwise tease this animal in the state of Minnesota

What are skunks