Mystery
Idioms
What We've Read
Vocabulary
Grammar
100
The one teacher at BHS whose last name begins with a "T."

Tankersley

100

Cannot have a cake and eat it too

Cannot have everything for yourself

100

The protagonist in The Crucible. 

John Proctor

100

Apathy 

you don't care

100

A phrase that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.

prepositional phrase

200

Name the Pope who recently died. 

Francis

200

Rain on one’s parade

To spoil someone’s moment of praise / To spoil something

200

Last name of primary family in Grapes of Wrath.

Joad

200

hyperbole

exaggeration

200

A group of words that has a subject and verb but cannot stand alone.

dependent clause

300

Who was the president when Mr. Ireland was born?

Richard Nixon
300

Cross that bridge when we get to it

Deal with the problem when it happens

300

The two full names of the protagonist in Into the Wild. 

Chris McCandless/Alexander Supertramp

300

concoct

make up; fabricate

300

A word or phrase that expresses strong emotion.

interjection

400

Who are/were the Memphis Grizzlies playing in the first round of the NBA playoffs?

OKC

400

Don't pee on my foot and tell me it's raining

don't deceive me

400

The primary antagonist in The Crucible. 

Abigal Williams

400

plethora

a lot

400

A phrase that begins with “to” followed by a verb and acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

infinitive phrase

500

Mr. Ireland's 13th-favorite student. (CW, male)

Colton Wilson

500

Let him cook

allow someone to remaing working

500

Name of Holden Caulfield's most recent school. 

Pencey Prep

500

axiom

common expression

500

A sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark.

interrogative

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