Literature
The main character.
What is the protagonist?
A word that modifies a noun.
What is an adjective?
There are 39 and 27 of these.
How many books in the Old Testament and New Testament?
The prime minister of England during World War II.
Who was Winston Churchill?
The correct spelling of this word:
What is G-R-A-M-M-A-R?
When the author hints at what's to come.
What is foreshadowing?
A word that replaces a noun in a sentence to avoid redundancy.
What is a pronoun?
Came before Jesus, to baptize and prepare the way of the Lord.
Who is John the Baptist?
The Bill of Rights is this.
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
The third pledge students recite at FCMS each day.
What is the Pledge to the Bible?
Writing that includes characters, acts, scenes, and stage directions.
What is a play?
Personification, metaphors, similes, and idioms are examples of these.
What is figurative language or figures of speech?
What Moses had in his hand that turned into a serpent.
What is a rod?
This president was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase in the 1700s.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
FCMS rules to contribute to an environment of modesty, professionalism, and to minimize distractions.
What is the FCMS dress code?
What is a biography?
A run-on with no punctuation between independent clauses.
What is a fused sentence?
Between Jacob and Esau, this brother was considered hairy.
Who is Esau?
This president was responsible for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
In PEMDAS this is what the letters P and E stand for in an equation.
What are parentheses and exponents?
Known for being the author of The Hatchet.
Who is Gary Paulson?
A comma that comes before the conjunction in a list.
What is the Oxford comma?
I was called "The Dreamer" by my brothers.
Who is Joseph?
This president of the United States was also previously an actor and a governor.
These countries share a border with the United States.
What are Canada and Mexico?