To Kill a Mockingbird
The Giver
Vocabulary
Grammar
Literary Devices
100

What is Scout's real name?

Jean Louise Finch

100

How does the apple change when Jonas plays with it?

He sees colour

100

Define this word/phrase: ceremony

a public or religious occasion that includes of formal or traditional actions

100

What is an adjective?

A word to describe a noun

100

What literary device is being used here: Ms. Roxana is as busy as a bee

simile

200

Who is Dill?

Scout and Jem's cousin

200

Why does Jonas take pills?

To stop the stirrings

200

Define: Sifiting

 to put flour, sugar, etc. through a sieve (+wire net shaped like a bowl) to break up large pieces

200

What tense is this sentence in: I am working on my project

Present continuous

200

What literary device is being used here: Time is money

metaphor

300

At the beginning of the story Jem has an injured arm. At the end of the book we find out how it happened. How did Jem injure his arm?

He was attacked by Bob Ewell

300

What does the word 'release' mean in the community?

To die

300

Transgression

sin/bad thing/iniquity

300
What tense is this sentence in: I had already eaten when she invited me for dinner.

Past perfect

300

What literary device is being used here: That sandwich is calling my name

Personification

400

Who said this? “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” 

Ms. Maudie

400

What does the family do everyday after dinner?

The 'telling of feelings'

400

Define this word/phrase: a rasping voice

a rough unpleasant sounding voice

400

Correct this sentence: While I was eating my lunch the boys were playing football.

While I was eating my lunch, the boys were playing football.

400

What literary device is being used here: I was dying of laughter

Hyperbole

500
What is the name of the Finch family's ancestor that originally came to Maycomb?

Simon Finch

500

What does Jonas's mother do for a living?

She words for the department of justice

500

Define: Chastise

 to criticize somebody for doing something wrong

500

What is the past participle of the verb 'drink'

drunk

500

What literary device is being used here:Bittersweet

oxymoron

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