WWHS Questions
How many Teacher's (including SLSO's and SASS staff) last names begin with the letter M?
9
A Haiku has how many syllables?
17
A reference to a well-known person, event, or work of literature.
What is an Allusion?
A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
Who wrote The Treehouse series? (there are two authors but points will be given if you name one of them)
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
What is the school's motto?
Strive for Excellence
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close proximity.
What is alliteration?
An exaggeration used to emphasize a point...
What is Hyperbole?
A literary device that gives human qualities or characteristics to non-human entities.
What is Personification?
Who is the author of the popular children's book Possum Magic?
Mem Fox
What is Miss Conomos' favourite game?
What is Pink...
When a sentence or phrase continues from one line of poetry to the next without a pause.
What is enjambment?
The literary device used to hint at or suggest events that will occur later in the story creating suspense and preparing the reader for what is to come.
What is Foreshadowing?
A figure of speech that directly compares two unrelated things, implying a resemblance or representation.
What is a Metaphor?
Anh Do wrote what book (name any one of them)?
'Weirdo' books, 'Ninja Kid' books, 'Hot Dog!' books, 'Wolf Girl' books, 'The Little Refugee' as well as 'The Happiest Refugee'.
Who is the HT of CAPA?
Mr Magner
Henry Lawson was born close to which country NSW town?
Grenfell
A phrase or expression where the meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words...
What is an Idiom? Example: 'Break a leg' means 'good luck'.
A literary device that involves a contradiction between what is expected and what actually happens.
What is Irony?
Name one of Blinky Bill's best friends in Dorothy Wall's books of the same name...
Jacko Browning (frill-necked lizard), Nutsy (young female koala) and Mr Walter Wombat (nicknamed Wombo) (wombat).
What is Ms Burgess' favourite book?
What is 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
'The filmy veil of greenness' is a line from which famous poem? Extra 20 points if you can also name the poet.
My Country by Dorothea Mackellar?
A representation of something other than the literal meaning of through words, people or ideas.
What is Symbolism?
Descriptive language used to create sensory experiences for the reader.
What is Imagery?
The only Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973 is...
Patrick White.