Vocabulary
The Barren Grounds
Writing
Literary Devices & Figurative Language
Teachers
100

Something discarded


Debris

100

Who is the author of The Barren Grounds?

David A. Robertson

100

You use capital letters for what kind of nouns?

Proper nouns

100

She was as slow as a turtle is an example of what type of figurative language?

Simile

100

Where can you find Mr. Whitehouse every morning?

In the parking lot

200

A crowding together of many persons


Throng

200

What province is the story set in?

Manitoba

200

When writing a paragraph, what is the first sentence that introduces your ideas called?

Topic sentence

200

The leaves danced in the wind is an example of what type of figurative language?

Personification

200

What is Ms. Senf's favourite colour?

Yellow

300

Unlikely to be true


Improbable

300

What famous story is The Barren Grounds compared to?

Narnia

300

What is the final sentence in your paragraph called?

Conclusion sentence

300

"You're not Wonder Woman" uses what type of figurative language?

Allusion

300

What sport does Mr. O'Farrell excel at?

Rowing 

400

The occurrence of events that happen at the same time by accident but seem to have some connection

Coincidence

400

Morgan asks Eli if his home is like a place in Star Wars. What is this place?

Hoth

400

Foreshadowing is a plot element that....

Hints at something to come later in the story

400

Ms. Kilbertus has two children. What are their names?

Abby and Jacob

500

Asked merely for effect with no answer expected


Rhetorically

500

What are the brand of Morgan's moccasins?

Manitobah Mukluks

500

What is it called when two complete sentences (independent clauses) are incorrectly joined with only a comma?

Comma splice

500

Italics can be used for three main reasons in the novel. What are they?

- For the title of a major work

- For emphasis

- To show what a character is thinking

500

What is Ms. Fischer's first name?

Marion 

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