Mrs. Holtz
Oswego High School
Literary Terms
Oswego
MCE
100

The number that Mrs. Holtz describes as "anticipation"

What is the number 9?

100

The Panther mascot is named ____________ the Panther after the legendary coach Ken Pickerill.

What is Pick.

100

It is a direct comparison. For example, "It is the East and Juliet is the sun"

What is metaphor?

100

Name 5 elementary schools in SD308.

What are Long Beach, Boulder Hill, Lakewood Creek, Fox Chase, Churchill, Wolf's Crossing, Prairie Point, Old Post, Southbury, Hunt Club, Grande Park, The Wheatlands, Homestead

100

This main character volunteered as tribute to save her sister from the reaping.

Who is Katniss Everdeen?
200

Name one of the instruments Mrs. Holtz plays.

What is trumpet or piano?
200

This team won state last spring for the first time in school history under Coach Neitzel.

What is the OHS softball team?

200

The sound of the word matches the definition. i.e. crash, buzz, splash

What is onomatopoeia?

200

In Iroquoian language, specifically from the Onondaga tribe, Oswego means "pouring out place" or where the river widens and empties into a larger body of water. Name the body of water that runs through Oswego.

What is the Fox River?

200

This main character was orphaned when the villain killed his magical parents, but failed to kill him, leaving only a scar.

Who is Harry Potter?

300

Mrs. Holtz graduated from this college with the mascot "The Huskies"

What is Northern Illinois University?

300

The auditorium was named for these two theater legends. 

Who are Dave and Donna Barnes?

300

It gives inanimate objects human traits. For example, the flowers danced in the breeze.

What is personification?

300
This historically iconic ice cream shop closed in downtown Oswego and was replaced by a large Dairy Barn which closed soon after it opened.

What is the Dairy Hut?

300

Created by Stan Lee, this orphan has "great responsibility" to fight villains such as Venom, Black Cat, and Kingpin. 

Who is Spider-man?

400

Mrs. Holtz's favorite foods.

What are sushi and tacos.

400

The very first building in our district is now a museum.

What is The Little White Schoolhouse.

400

It's when one thing represents another idea. For example, green is envy, storms are conflict, trees are knowledge and wisdom. 

What is a symbol?

400

The name of the first large subdivision that is part Montgomery, part Oswego, and was built because of the Caterpillar and Western Electric plants in the 1950s. 

What is Boulder Hill?

400

This Mona Lisa artist's namesake is the leader of a four amphibian crime fighting ninja group.

Who is Leonardo?

500

The names of Mrs. Holtz's two dogs

What are Betty and Frida

500

Our school newspaper is named this after our address.

What is 42Fifty?

500

An exaggeration for effect. For example, "I have a million hours of work to do"

What is hyperbole?

500

Oswego was famous for this speedy pastime during the 1950s until the late 1970s. 

What is muscle car racing on the dragstrip?

500

Ashley Tisdale played this main character in this melodious and fictional representation of secondary education. 

Who is Sharpay Evans?

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