English
Identify the incorrectly used word in this sentence:
Each of the players have brought their own water bottle.
have
A collection of maps, usually presented in a book or digital format is called __________.
Atlas
What do we call the sequence of events, conflicts, and resolutions that make up the overall storyline of a book?
Plot
What figure of speech is the phrase "Her smile was as bright as the sun"?
Simile
In Robert Frost's line, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood," what is the function of the word yellow?
adjective
What is the imaginary line at 0° latitude called?
The Equator
What do we call a group of lines in a poem?
Stanza
Hinduism and Buddhism influenced the early kingdoms of which country?
Indonesia
What specific type of verbal ending in -ing functions as a noun within a sentence, as in 'Swimming is my favourite summer activity.'
Gerund
Name two of the five themes of Geography.
Any two: Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, Region
What literary term refers to words spoken between characters in a story or play?
Dialogue
What reading strategy involves using the surrounding words, phrases, or sentences to work out the meaning of an unfamiliar word?
Context clue
A type of dictionary in which words are arranged in groups according to their synonyms and antonyms.
Thesaurus
What is the name given to the process in which the force of moving water breaks rocks apart?
Hydraulic Action
In Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, what is the profession of Scout and Jem's moral, principled father, Atticus?
Attorney/lawyer
It is a term for two words that share the same written form (spelling) but different in pronunciation and meaning.
e.g. tear = to rip something apart vs tear = teardrops
Homograph
What persuasive technique groups three words or ideas together to make a message more memorable?
Rule of Three/ Triples/ Triplet/ Tripartite Rule
Riddle: I’m a body of water beside the sea,
A sandy bar may separate the ocean from me.
My waters are calm, where birds may feed,
And fish find shelter among plants and reeds.
What am I?
Lagoon
What do we call a reference in a literary work to another well-known text, person, event or story?
Allusion
This former middle-school teacher created Camp Half-Blood and wrote the bestselling Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.
Rick Riordan