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In this dystopian series by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen volunteers as a "tribute" to save her sister, Primrose.
What is The Hunger Games?
This term refers to the distance of a number from zero on a number line; it is always expressed as a positive value.
What is absolute value?
This part of speech is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, such as "run" or "think."
What is a verb?
This is the perspective from which a story is told, such as first-person or third-person limited.
What is point of view?
In American football, this is worth six points and occurs when a player carries the ball into the opponent's end zone.
What is a touchdown?
This diary-style novel by Jeff Kinney follows the misadventures of Greg Heffley as he tries to navigate the hazards of middle school.
What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
This term refers to the distance of a number from zero on a number line; it is always expressed as a positive value. For example the 5 in 5x.
What is a coefficient?
These words, such as "he," "she," "it," or "they," are used to take the place of a noun.
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
In middle school track and field, this event involves four runners each completing a portion of the race and passing a baton.
What is a relay?
In Rick Riordan’s famous series, this protagonist discovers he is the son of Poseidon after being attacked by a Fury at a museum.
What (or Who) is Percy Jackson?
This is the middle value in a list of numbers ordered from least to greatest.
What is the median?
This type of word modifies a noun or pronoun, often telling "what kind," "which one," or "how many."
What is an adjective?
This term refers to the main message, moral, or "big idea" that the author wants the reader to understand from a story.
What is a theme?
In volleyball, this is a overhead strike intended to hit the ball forcefully down into the opponent's court.
What is spike (also accept kill)?
This Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar tells the story of Stanley Yelnats, who is sent to a detention center to dig holes in the desert.
What is Holes?
This is the middle value in a list of numbers ordered from least to greatest.
What is an equation?
"Quickly," "very," and "yesterday" are examples of this part of speech, which often ends in "-ly."
What is an adverb?
When an author gives human characteristics to non-human objects or animals.
In basketball, a player is awarded this type of shot worth one point after being fouled while shooting.
What is a free throw?
In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, this 12-year-old protagonist is chosen to be the next Receiver of Memory.
What is The Giver?
This geometric term describes a transformation that slides a figure from one position to another without turning it.
What is a translation?
This is a word used to connect clauses or sentences, or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g., "and," "but," "or").
What is a conjunction?
This is the struggle between opposing forces in a story, which can be internal or external.
What is conflict?
This term describes a sports official who assists the referee, particularly in soccer, to watch for offsides or out-of-bounds.
Who is a linesman (also accept referee)?