Vocabulary
Writer's Effect
Mix Bag (double points)
Learner's Book
Grammar
100
This word also means "lake," Hint: 1.5
Loch
100
"An assault course lay between us and Subbu, who was winding deeper and deeper into the sea of boxes." What is the first part (An assault course...) an example of?
Metaphor
100
Name the colors of the M&Ms in an original pack.
Blue, Orange, Red, Green, Yellow, Brown
100
The main character in "Beware Low-Flying Girls" (spelling counts)
Odile
100
(...) These three dots are known as what?
Ellipsis
200
"A group of lines of poetry, sometimes called a verse"
Stanza
200
"Subbu now stood by our train, under a digital sign reading B2, his face powder dry, as we bent double, sweat running down our bodies." What does this show about Subbu? (Think: why is his face dry while everyone else is sweating)
He is calm/used to the chaos
200
What country is this outline of?
Germany
200
Monisha and Passepartout were helped by their guide __________ through Chennai Egmore station.
Subbu
200
"The soft sound of the splashes of the sea soothed me" This is an example of what? (Hint: more than alliteration!)
Sibilance
300
"A mix of loud, often unpleasant sounds"
Cacophony
300
Monologues are always written in the _____-person.
First person
300
Chinggis Khaan, also known as Temüjin, had two half brothers. One is Bekhter (Бэхтэр). Tell me his other half-brother.
Belgudei (Бэлгүдэй)
300
We read a story called Silverfin featuring the character, James. What was his job?
Spy
300
These are sentences with two main clauses joined by 'and', 'but', 'or'
Compound sentences
400
"A series of drawings or images showing the planned order of images in frames (in films and television)"
Storyboard
400
According to the learner's book, to build tension in a story, we can use three techniques: short sentences, ellipsis, and what?
Powerful verbs/Strong verbs
400
Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh is the 6th president of Mongolia. Who was the 3rd?
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
400
We read a poem by Li Po. What was the poem's name?
"Hard is the Journey"
400
Ideas and details that the readers have to work out for themselves is known as what? Hint: Don't be explicit and obvious with your language!
Implicit Information
500
"A skiing race down a long, winding course"
Slalom
500
( ; ) This punctuation mark makes things more formal and joins two independent clauses. What is this punctuation mark known as?
Semi-colon
500
This was the world's first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. What was its name?
Sputnik 1
500
What was the name of the talking birds in "Beware Low-Flying Girls"
Kraiks
500
"Today I ate a burger I went to school" Fix this.
Today I ate a burger, and I went to school.
Today I ate a burger. I went to school.
Today I ate a burger. Then I went to school.