People in Books
He is "the boy who lived."
Who is Harry Potter?
A season—or a tightly wound metal coil.
What is spring?
Her refusal to give up her bus seat helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
“Happy” and “joyful” are examples of this type of word pair.
What are synonyms?
Nicknamed "The Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat," this New York Yankees slugger hit 714 career home runs.
Who is Babe Ruth?
This 12-year-old boy was selected as the new "Receiver of Memory."
Who is Jonas?
A long fictional book—or an adjective meaning new and unusual.
What is novel?
This Indian independence leader became famous for using nonviolent resistance against British rule.
Who is "Mahatma" Gandhi?
“Peter Piper picked” repeats beginning consonant sounds, making it an example of this.
What is alliteration?
This Argentine soccer icon led his country to a 2022 World Cup victory and later joined Inter Miami.
Who is Lionel Messi?
This middle schooler documents his daily struggles and run-ins with the "Cheese Touch" in an illustrated journal.
Who is Greg Heffley?
To refuse to participate as a protest—or the verb used when lighting a match.
What is strike?
This 14th-century ruler of Mali gave away so much gold during his pilgrimage to Mecca that he caused inflation in Cairo.
Who was Mansa Musa?
A word such as “buzz,” “clang,” or “hiss” imitates a sound through this device.
What is onomatopoeia?
The most decorated gymnast in history, she has four signature moves named after her across the vault, floor, and balance beam.
Who is Simone Biles?
Wrongfully convicted of stealing a pair of sneakers, this boy is sent to Camp Green Lake to dig holes.
Who is Stanley Yelnats?
A group of buildings within an enclosure—or a substance made of chemically bonded elements.
What is compound?
Toussaint Louverture helped lead the fight against slavery and French colonialism on Saint-Domingue, or this modern-day country.
What is Haiti?
A phrase such as “deafening silence” or "jumbo shrimp" combines contradictory terms using this device.
What is an oxymoron?
Known simply as "The Great One," this Canadian hockey center holds the NHL record for career goals, assists, and points.
Who is Wayne Gretzky?
In To Kill a Mockingbird, this widowed Alabama lawyer defends Tom Robinson in a 1930s courtroom.
Who is Atticus Finch?
To approve something officially—or a penalty imposed to enforce a rule.
What is sanction?
He was born in 1028 in the small town of Falaise (Normandy, France) before he went on to unite the British isles as the first king of England.
Who is William the Conqueror?
“Level,” “radar,” and “racecar” are examples of this: a word that reads the same forward and backward.
What is a palindrome?
This American track and field star won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, shattering Adolf Hitler's myth of white supremacy.
Who is Jesse Owens?