Yellow Brick Roads
Books
M - words
Language Features
Parts of Speech
100

This is the name of the main character in both Yellow Brick Road and In Search of the Emerald City.

Who is Matiu?

100

This is the author of the Harry Potter series.

Who is JK Rowling?

100

This is the name of the house to which we all belong.

What is "Mātai"?

100

This language feature compares two things using 'like' or 'as'

What is a simile?

200

"Better _______ for the kids" - this F-word is the reason Matiu's family move from Waituhi to Wellington.

What is "future"?

200

This author wrote The Hunger Games

Who is Suzanne Collins?

200
This is a yeasty Kiwi spread.

What is marmite?

200

This language feature makes a comparison between two things. 

What is a metaphor?

200

This part of speech names a location.

What is a proper noun?

300

This person is Matiu's school teaacher

Who is Miss Wright?

300
This fictional character is the professor of Gryffindor House.

Who is Professor McGonagall? 

300

This language feature exaggerates things.

What is a hyperbole?

300

This part of speech provides more information about a verb.

What is an adverb?

400

This is the author of "One of Us is Lying" 

Who is Karen M. McManus?

400

This is a colourful tropical bird.

What is a Macaw? 

500

This is Golem's real name.

Who is Smeagle?

500

This M word is often called the "powerhouse of the cell" and generates most of the energy needed to power cells' reactions.

What is the mitochondria? 

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