Vocabulary
Comprehension
(Novels & Short Stories)
Roots / Affixes
Grammar / Writing
Poetry
100

In a puzzled or confused manner (TSB)

Quizzically 

100

What was the name of the town / school in Restart?

Hiawassee

100

Meaning: Foot

-ped- / -pod-

100

Which part of speech connects clauses/statements?

Conjunctions

100

Haikus are traditionally centered around this topic:

Nature

200

Material for starting a fire (Charlotte)

Tinder

200

In The Veldt, which continent were the children addicted to visiting?

Africa

200

Meaning: Good or well

-bene-

200

Which part of speech shows location, direction, movement, etc.?

Prepositions

200

Which poetry type is theoretically an extended Haiku?

Tanka

300

Lowest part of the ship's interior that collects sewage (Charlotte)

Bilge

300

In The Veldt, what did they call the room that simulated different locations, odors, heat, etc. 

Nursery 

300

Meaning: To join or attach

-junct-

300

I can play all+ bass, guitar, trombone and violin.

Which punctuation should replace the addition sign?

Colon

300

A word is displayed vertically (up and down) / message is displayed horizontally (left to right)

Acrostic

400

Defeat or destroy completely (Restart)

Annihilate 

400

How far did the Tucks take Winnie from Treegap? (Tuck)

20 mi.

400

Meaning: To make or produce

-fac-

400

The word "good" is an adjective or adverb?

Adjective 

400

Which author's work did we read when we began our poetry unit / Author of Where the Sidewalk Ends

Shel Silverstein

500

The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning (Restart)

Irony 

500

Which food item did Shoshanna dump on Chase's head? (Restart)

Frozen Yogurt

500

Meaning: Out of / former

ex-

500

How many adjectives:

Our incredibly scrumptious, delectable dinner was eaten quickly and rapidly. 

Two

500

What is the primary reason for authors using repetition?

Emphasizing a point

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