Did you read it?
This city is the site of Paul's Mars' Hill sermon to the Greeks
Athens
Unrhymed iambic pentameter: because Shakespeare wanted poetry, but also freedom.
Blank verse
This Russian author apparently believed books should weigh at least twelve pounds emotionally.
Leo Tolstoy
This captain became so obsessed with revenge on a whale that therapy was no longer enough.
Captain Ahab
Alexander the Great studied under this philosopher, proving even world conquerors still have homework.
Aristotle
Odysseus disappeared for this long — missing several Olympic cycles and all family group chats.
20 years
A statement that sounds completely wrong but somehow ends up wise anyway.
Paradox
Robert Frost wrote this poem about making life choices and then dramatically staring into forests.
“The Road Not Taken”
This conspirator persuaded Brutus with forged letters, emotional guilt, and political catfishing.
Cassius
Globe
Eppie married this man, whose last name sounds like a cozy woodland retreat.
Aaron Winthrop
Hebrew poetry often used this instead of rhyme because apparently ancient poets enjoyed symmetry.
Parallelism
Edgar Allan Poe wrote this story reminding readers that floorboards are terrible places to hide evidence.
“The Tell-Tale Heart”
This character in Silas Marner was described as “a fine open-faced good-natured young man” destined to inherit land and probably avoid cardio.
Godfrey Cass
Platero was this type of large, fuzzy, emotional support animal.
Donkey
In Robert Browning's poem, this galant steed was the only one to reach Aix alive.
Roland
The central idea of a story — also known as the thing English teachers ask about every single story.
Theme
This author was lost - and found - in the Sahara.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Her husband was an honest "brute," but she was dramatic - and suicidal.
Portia
This dude with gray-tipped hair wrote "The Death of the Hired Man".
Robert Frost
Low-key this guy was an angel disguised as a naked homeless dude in "What Men Live By".
Michael
This literary term means giving human emotions to objects, like saying “my homework hates me.”
Personification
This eerie poem by Goethe features a supernatural being who absolutely should not be trusted around children.
"The Erl-king"
Good thing Mr. Baker paid attention in this class that Miss Dove taught - it helped him find his way home.
Geography
Shakespeare was born in this year.
1564