William Shakespeare’s most romantic play which has had many film adaptations.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
100
A poem with three lines and 17 syllables
What is a Haiku
200
Word that shows how something is being done
What is an adverb?
200
This mark is used to end a command
What is a period?
200
This essay tries to convince its reader to believe that the information is factual
What is a persuasive essay?
200
This dramatic character stars in a series of films based on a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author
Who is Harry Potter?
200
A figure of speech that makes a comparison by referring to one thing as another
What is a metaphor
300
Word used in place of a noun
What is a pronoun?
300
This mark is used to punctuate an interrogative sentence
What is a question mark?
300
This essay paraphrases a reading and explains the main points
What is a summary?
300
This African-American playwright and film maker made Madea a famous character in several of his plays and films
Who is Tyler Perry?
300
Figurative language that gives inanimate objects or abstract concepts human qualities
What is personification?
400
Word that shows who or what the topic of the sentence is about
What is the subject?
400
This mark is used after an independent clause to continue the sentence and introduce a list
What is a colon?
400
This essay explains the how a character changes by the end of the story
What is a response to literature essay?
400
This dramatic actor is also a comedian of Mexican descent who starred in a TV show named after him
Who is George Lopez?
400
The apparent emotional state, or “attitude,” of the speaker/narrator/narrative voice, as conveyed through the language
What is tone?
500
Word that combines two independent clauses
What is a coordinating conjunction?
500
This mark is used to join two independent clauses
What is a semicolon?
500
This essay uses lots of imagery and sensory details to bring characters and settings to life
What is a descriptive essay?
500
This play is about a son who gets tricked by his uncle into believing he was responsible for his father’s death. Guilt ridden, the son goes into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.
What is the Lion King?
500
DAILY DOUBLE
Figurative language that uses words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea.