Grammar
Vocab
Crossing Stones
Figurative Language
Christmas
100

Is this a run-on sentence?

The best growing conditions for coffee include sun, rain, and moderate temperatures. 

What is no?

100

Definition: a proverb, wise saying

What is adage?

100

Muriel's last name

What is Jorgensen?

100

What type of figurative language is this?

"The horses clip-clop down the road ahead of us..."

What is onomatopoeia?

100

Name five of Santa's reindeer.

Who are Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen?

200

Is this a run-on sentence?

Coffee beans appeared in Europe in 1615, the Dutch were the first to bring an actual coffee plant to the continent. 

What is yes?
200

Definition: with extreme care or caution

What is gingerly?

200

The three major events during the time period that the characters live through.

What are World War I, the Influenza Epidemic of 1918, and the Women's Suffrage Movement. 

200

What type of figurative language is this?


"But her words sting like yellow jackets flying from a nest I don't know is there until I step right into it."

What is a simile?

200

Complete the lyrics:

Oh, I won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for ______ (and I)
I'm just gonna keep on waiting underneath the _____. 

What are snow, mistletoe?

300

Correct this sentence:

"Surprised, embarrassed, and with anger, Anisa looked down."

What is "Surprised, embarrassed, and angry, Anisa looked down"

or "With surprise, embarrassment, and anger, Anisa looked down"

300

Synonyms: enterprising, brave


What is audacious?

300

Mrs. Norman's gift to Muriel at the end of the novel. 

What is an embroidered pillowcase?

300

What type of figurative language is this?

"Above us, the kind of sky that greets a thousand bluebirds."

What is personification?

300

Complete the lyrics:

______ roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your _____
Yuletide _____ being sung by a choir....
 

What are chestnuts, nose, carols?

400

What type of sentence is this:

The world's longest mountain chain, the Andes, stretches along the western edge of South America. 

What is a simple sentence?

400

Antonyms: full, abounding

What is devoid?

400

The name Aunt Vera's Danish friend in D.C (who helps Muriel).

Who is Ruby?

400

What type of figurative language is this?

"A strand of hair fell from my flushed face."

What is alliteration?

400

In "A Christmas Carol" this was the first ghost to appear before Scrooge. 

What is "The Ghost of Christmas Past"?
500

What type of sentence is this:

- Glaciers and rocky valleys dot the southern tip of South America, which is very near Antarctica. 

What is a complex sentence?

500

Antonyms: help, promote, facilitate

What is preclude?

500

The book that Muriel reads to Grace while she is sick.

What is Anne of Green Gables?

500

What type of figurative language is this?

"But even Ollie can't fill the empty spot that Frank leaves, an odd-shaped missing piece in the jigsaw puzzle of our lives."

What is a metaphor?

500

This cartoon character brings a tiny little tree to his friends to decorate.

Who is Charlie Brown?

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