Literary Terms
Grab Bag
Discovering Wes Moore
Spring Valley High School
Short Stories we Read
100

The main message or lesson of an author's work

What is theme?

100

Drake was born in this Canadian city?

What is Toronto?

100

Wes Moore is currently the Governor of what U.S. State?

What is Baltimore

100

This teacher runs our successful school blood drive

Mr. Ramie

100

The story about a Barber and Soldier killing rebels was called 

Just Lather, That's All

200

Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, and Man vs. himself are all examples of this literary term

What is conflict?

200

the number of NBA teams in the state of Texas

What is 3?

200

As a child Wes Moved from Baltimore to what New York City borough?

The Bronx

200

This science teacher coaches the school Golf team

Mr. Kap

200

The story where Juvencio Nava murders his neighbor Don Lupe is called 

Tell them not to Kill Me

300

A hint or clue about an upcoming event in a story is called this

What is foreshadowing?

300

This month of the year has both St Patrick's day and is Woman's history month.

What is March?

300

What was the name of the friend who almost got arrested with Wes for graffiti?

Shea

300

This teacher coaches the Tennis team and the school forensics team

Mr. Leonard

300

The story about children who make a game involving a dying person is called 

The Man in the Well 

400

A comparison using "like" or "as" is called

What is simile

400

Woman were given the right to vote in the United States in this decade

What are the 1920's?

400

Wes won a prestigious scholarship, founded by a known racist, called this

Rhodes Scholar

400

When doing the announcements, Coach Leo compares himself to this famous actor

Matthew McConaughey

400

The story about strict Bolivian mother and her daughter was called, "We're Not .....

Why Not

500

Giving human like qualities to a non-living object is called this.

What is personification?

500

Name the capital city of any of these three countries - Canada, Puerto Rico, or Cuba

What are Ottowa, San Juan, or Havana?

500

What is Wes Moore's Middle Name

Watende

500

Name 4 of our 6 school administrators

Frank Carlson, Dr. O. Thrusha Henderson, Jen Gutzeit, Fernando Gonzalez, Dr. Duane Christianson


500

The non-fiction article about a study on the roles of guards and prisoners was called. 

The Stanford Prison Experiment

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