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What is foreshadowing?
A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
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Who is Beatrix Potter?
In 1901 she published this book, about a rabbit, which she wrote and illustrated. It would go on to become one of the best-selling children’s books of all time.
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Who is Zeus?
He overthrew his father then drew lots with his brothers in order to decide who would succeed their father on the throne. He won the draw and became the supreme ruler of the gods.
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What is "The Lord of the Rings"?
The title of Tolkien’s sequel to "The Hobbit"?
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What is Narnia?
C.S. Lewis wrote of this magical land.
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What is cadence?
The rising and falling of the voice when reading a literary piece.
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Who is Mark Twain?
The pen-name of the Mississippi river-boat pilot who created the fictional characters of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?
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Who is Poseidon?
Although he was officially one of the supreme gods of Mount Olympus, he spent most of his time in his watery domain. Known as the god of the sea, earthquakes and horses.
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Who is Scarlett O’Hara?
Mother of Bonnie Blue, she ran a sawmill after the Civil War.
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What is "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"?
This 1969 picture book, by Eric Carle, is one of the highest selling children’s books of all time.
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What is imagery?
The “word pictures” that writers create to evoke an emotional response.
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Who is J.K. Rowling?
This author lived on the British equivalent of welfare for nearly a year while she finished her first book, writing much of it in a café in Scotland since her apartment was unheated.
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Who is Achilles?
This Greek god was killed with an arrow that landed on his heel, the only vulnerable part of his body.
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What is "The Scarlet Letter"?
Written by Nathanial Hawthorne, the tale of a woman scorned by Puritan society.
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What is Latin?
Dublin’s famous "Book of Kells" is written in this language.
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What is alliteration?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
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Who is John Steinbeck?
This Nobel Prize recipient is a California native who penned the 1940 novel, "The Grapes of Wrath".
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Who is Medusa?
A winged female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her hideous face would turn to stone.
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What is "The Odyssey"
One of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to "The Iliad", the other work traditionally ascribed to Homer.
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Who is Meg?
The name of the oldest sister in Louisa May Alcott ‘s "Little Women"
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What is onomatopeia?
The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound that it makes.
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Who is Bulwer-Lytton?
This English novelist’s famous opening sentence of his 1830 novel "Paul Clifford"
“It was a dark and stormy night” is an often-mocked and parodied phrase. |
What is nectar?
Beverage of the gods, which conferred immortality on any mortal lucky enough to partake of it. In this regard, it was a divine food.
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What is "The Catcher in the Rye"?
This 1945 novel by J. D. Salinger, originally published for adults, has become a common part of high school and college curricula throughout the English-speaking world.
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Who is Elizabeth Bennet?
The name of the main character in Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice"
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