Figurative Language
"The silence between them screamed louder than words"
Personification
Which sentence is correct?
A. I went to the store, I forgot my wallet.
B. I went to the store; I forgot my wallet.
B
What is the name of the third book in the “Twilight” series by Stephenie Meyer?
Eclipse
Which fairy tale features a girl who sleeps for 100 years?
Sleeping Beauty
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
They are grandfather, father, and son.
"His apology was a Band-Aid on a broken bone"
Metaphor
Choose the correct word:
Chose/Chosen
"She has __ the lead role"
Chosen
According to Greek mythology, who is the goddess of wisdom and warfare?
Athena
What clever thing does Hansel leave to find his way back home? (from Hansel and Gretel)
Breadcrumbs
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp
"He won the award for honesty by telling his first lie"
Irony
Choose the correct word:
Affect / Effect
"The speech had a strong ___ on the audience"
Effect
What is the term for the 14-line poems Shakespeare wrote, often about love or beauty?
Sonnets
In “Rumpelstiltskin,” what is the exact consequence if the miller’s daughter fails to guess his name?
She must give him her first-born child
Mary was born on December 25th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
Mary lives in the Southern Hemisphere
"The truth was painfully beautiful"
Oxymoron
What are the 7 coordinating conjunctions in FANBOYS?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Name the Shakespeare play that includes the line: “To be, or not to be: that is the question.”
Hamlet
In “The Princess and the Pea,” how many mattresses are stacked to test the princess?
20
The more there is the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
"The cracked mirror reflected her fractured identity"
Symbolism
Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?
1. Neither of the candidates are qualified.
2. Neither of the candidates were qualified.
3. Neither of the candidates is qualified.
4. Neither of the candidates have been qualified.
3. Neither of the candidates is qualified
In which year did J.K Rowling write the first 'Harry Potter' book?
1997
In “Bluebeard,” what happens if the wife opens the forbidden room?
She finds the bodies of Bluebeard’s previous wives, and he threatens to kill her as well.
What's always found on the ground but never gets dirty?
A shadow