Language and Literature
What genre includes short stories and novels that describe imaginary events and people?
What is Fiction.
What does the acronym HOMES stand for?
What is Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior. The 5 Michigan Great Lakes
What day does Christmas fall on? (The Date).
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things and uses the words “like” or “as” and they are commonly used in everyday communication.
What is a simile
How many days are in a year?
What is 365 days.
He, she, her, him, they, and we are examples of...
Pronouns!
Red Wings, Lions, Tigers, and Pistons.
What holiday is the dreidel a tradition?
What is Hanukkah.
The attribution of human characteristics to non-living objects. Using personification affects the way readers imagine things, and it sparks an interest in the subject.
What is personification
What is the name of the largest ocean on earth?
What is the Pacific Ocean.
What is the sequence of events and the story line in a work of literature called?
What is Plot!
What is the 2nd largest city in the state of Michigan?
What is Grand Rapids.
What are the popular colors of the holiday season?
"The fireplace heater hissed and cracked" is an example of which term?
Onomatopoeia
In the state of Georgia, it’s illegal to eat what with a fork?
What is fried chicken.
This type of genre includes informational texts, personal accounts, and biographical information. What genre is this?
What is Non-Fiction.
What city was Michigan's first state capital?
What is Detroit.
Name all the reindeer... (There are 9)
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph
"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of a(n)....
Idiom!
Which country invented ice cream?
What is China.
The hero, main character of a story that must deal with the problem of the story is called...
The Protagonist
Michigan is home to what well-known cereal company?
What is Kelloggs.
How tall is the Christmas tree that stands in Campus Martius in downtown Detroit? (Give # of Feet: 10 feet)
What is 65 feet.
"Is there an Einstein in your physics class?" and "She felt like she had a golden ticket." are examples of which figurative language term?
What is allusion.
Which country borders 14 nations and crosses 8 time zones?
What is Russia.