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High School Literature Review

High school English / literature · Medium · 15-20 min

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This board helps players review English / ELA · Literature · High School (grades 9-12) through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as American Lit, British Lit, Literary Terms, Poetry, Analysis. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • American Lit

    Who wrote The Great Gatsby?

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  • British Lit

    Who wrote Macbeth?

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    William Shakespeare

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  • Literary Terms

    What is a character who changes significantly called?

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    Dynamic character

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  • Poetry

    What is a group of lines in a poem called?

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    Stanza

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  • Analysis

    What is the author's message about life called?

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    Theme

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American Lit

$100 — Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
$200 — Who wrote The Crucible?
Arthur Miller
$300 — What novel features Scout Finch as narrator?
To Kill a Mockingbird
$400 — Who wrote The Scarlet Letter?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
$500 — What movement emphasized nature, intuition, and individual spirit?
Transcendentalism

British Lit

$100 — Who wrote Macbeth?
William Shakespeare
$200 — Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austen
$300 — What epic poem begins with the monster Grendel?
Beowulf
$400 — Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
$500 — Who wrote 1984?
George Orwell

Literary Terms

$100 — What is a character who changes significantly called?
Dynamic character
$200 — What is the turning point of a plot called?
Climax
$300 — What is a repeated symbol or idea called?
Motif
$400 — What is a contradiction that reveals truth called?
Paradox
$500 — What is a reference to another text or event called?
Allusion

Poetry

$100 — What is a group of lines in a poem called?
Stanza
$200 — What is unrhymed iambic pentameter called?
Blank verse
$300 — What is a 14-line poem often about love called?
Sonnet
$400 — What is the repetition of vowel sounds called?
Assonance
$500 — What is a poem that mourns the dead called?
Elegy

Analysis

$100 — What is the author's message about life called?
Theme
$200 — What is the author's word choice called?
Diction
$300 — What is the emotional atmosphere of a text called?
Mood
$400 — What approach studies symbols, archetypes, and hidden meanings?
Literary criticism
$500 — What is unreliable narration called when the narrator cannot be fully trusted?
Unreliable narrator

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