Short Stories
Poems
Spelling Coventions
Films/TedTalks
Literary Devices
100

What disease does Johnsy have in "The Last Leaf"?

What is pneumonia?

100

In the poem, "What Makes Us Human?" which animal risks its life for their parents?

What is elephants?

100

A conversation between two or more characters in a story

What is dialogue?

100

In Soul Surfer, Bethany is attacked by?

What is a shark?

100

Comparison using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

200

In "A True Money Tree," what is Long Life's key to success?

What is hardwork?

200

Sonnet 116, written by Shakespeare, is about...?

What is love?

200

Indicates which character is speaking

What is a dialogue tag?

200

Adichie says ______ can repair a broken dignity?

What is stories?

200

Giving a non-living object human-like qualities

What is personification?

300

What are Whitney and Rainsford hunting in "The Most Dangerous Game"?

What is jaguars?

300

In the spoken word poem, "To This Day," what is Koyzcan's advice to anyone who can't see anything beautiful about themselves?

What is to get a better mirror and to look a little closer?

300

Use this to separate three or more items in a list

What is a comma?

300

What place did Bethany get in the final surf competition?

What is second place?

300

What is the definition of hyperbole 

Deliberate exaggeration 

400

What is Rainsford's first name in "The Most Dangerous Game"?

What is Sanger?

400

According to Custous Angelous, human's pride is larger than what?

What is the Tower of Babel?

400

To put text in your own words without changing the meaning

What is paraphrasing?

400

According to Adichie, what creates stereotypes?

What is a single story?

400

BOOM. CLANK. VROOOOM.

What is onomatopoeia?

500

Who is Behrman in "The Last Leaf"?

What is the neighbour of Johnsy who painted the leaf?

500

In Sonnet 116, Shakespeare says love can outlast what...?

What is death/time?

500

So, and, but, for, yet, nor, or

What is a coordinating conjunction?

500

In the TedTalk, "The Power of Passion," ________ gets you through hardship?

What is grit? 

500

A direct comparison between two things

What is a metaphor?

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