Reading 10th Grade
Random Trivia
Language Arts
Writing 10th Grade
10th Grade Random
100

When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective

What is First Person POV? 

100

Who is the goddess of love and beauty in Greek Mythology?

Who is Aphrodite?

100

Comparison without using like or as?

What is a metaphor?

100

When a writer creates and develops character personalities

What is Characterization? 

100

The correct conjunction "I wanted to go to the concert, _______ I didn’t have enough money."

What is but?

200

When the narrator uses "She, He, they" what person is it written in?

What is Third Person POV? 

200

Who is an American author that is well known for gothic writings? (Hint: he married his cousin)

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

200

A saying that becomes a part of everyday language that uses figurative language rather than literal language. (ex. It's raining cats and dogs. He's bringing home the bacon. etc)

What is an Idiom? 

200

What is the message about life or human nature in a story called?

What is Theme?

200

Which of the following is the correct pronoun  Are (they/he) coming on time?"

Who is they? 

300

The author's feelings in a piece of writing

What is Tone?

300

Which Greek hero played a pivotal role in the Trojan War?

Who is Achilles? 

300

Giving an inanimate object or item a sense of being alive.

What is Personification? 

300

The reason behind an author writing a piece of literature or prose is called...

What is The author's purpose? 

300

Identify the adjective: "The curious cat quickly jumped over the tall fence."

What is tall? 

400

Choose the correct pronoun: "Between you and ______, I think the proposal needs more work."

What is me? 

400

Who was the most famous playwright during the Elizabethan era?

Who is Shakespeare?

400

Words used to describe a sound.

What is Onomatopoeia? 

400

The most important concepts the writer wants readers to understand

What are Main ideas? 

400

The correct verb tense: "By the time we get there, the movie (will have started/will start)."

What is "will have started"? 

500

Identify the direct and indirect objects in this sentence: "I gave her the book for her birthday."

Direct object:  What is Book?

Indirect object: What is her? 

500

What is a word that is spelt the same forwards and back called?

What is a Palindrome?  

500

Calling something to mind without mentioning it. An indirect reference to another work (book, story, poem, speech, art, music, etc).

What is Allusion? 

500

What is a group of lines forming a poem's basic, repeating unit?

What is a Stanza? 


500

Story about wizards?

What is Harry Potter?

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