Authors
Who wrote The Harry Potter series?
J.K. Rowling
What do you use a semicolon?
When you are combining two complete connected sentences.
Who are the two main characters in "Of Mice and Men"?
Lennie and George
What is personification?
When you give an inanimate object human characteristics
What is the 3rd most popular flavor of ice cream in the US?
Butter Pecan
Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee
When do you use a colon?
When writing a list or adding clarifying information to the phrase before.
Nick, Tom and Daisy Buchanan, and Jay Gatsby
What is a metaphor?
A comparison without using like or as
Who signed their name the biggest on the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
Who is Ms. Simonsen's favorite author?
Jane Austen
What is the difference between a dash and a hyphen?
You use a hyphen to build a word and a dash to build a sentence.
What is the name of Tom and Daisy Buchanan's daughter?
Pammy
What is an oxymoron?
Creates a two-word paradox
Who was our 16th President?
Abraham Lincoln
Who wrote "Of Mice and Men"
Jon Steinbeck
What is an adjective?
A word that modifies a noun
example: Blue, Cold
In The Great Gatsby, what sport does Jordan Baker play?
Golf
What is a hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration
Who compiled the first dictionary?
Samuel Johnson
Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What is a conjunction?
A word used to connect clauses or sentences
In Of Mice and Men, what is the name of Curley's wife?
Curley's wife
What is the rhetorical device that means you give animals human characteristics?
Anthropomorphize
What is Ms. Simonsen's favorite TV show?
The Office