Plot Elements
Sports, Etc.
Figurative Lang.
Music and Books
Royster People
100
Introduction or Exposition
What is the beginning of a story or book called?
100
Kansas City Royals
Who won the World Series in 1985?
100
Simile
What is "She's as sweet as sugar?"
100
Rodman Philbrick
Who wrote Freak the Mighty?
100
Mrs. Aikins
Which RMS teacher sang on an album, like her dad did before her, and her grandfather? And her sons followed her with their own CDs?
200
Initiating Event
What is the event that opens the conflict and changes the direction of the story?
200
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first African American baseball player to sign a Major League contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers?
200
Metaphor
What is "I am the sun, warming and shining; I am the moon, beaming and glowing..."
200
John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
What are the first and last names of the Beatles?
200
Mrs. King
Who is an apiarist, or "beekeeper?"
300
Conflict
What causes the tension between characters in the story?
300
1970 (Jan. 11), and 1 (ONE)
When did the Kansas City Chiefs win their first Superbowl, and how many Superbowls have the Chiefs won?
300
Personification
What is "The houses belched people."
300
Little House on the Prairie books
What is a favorite book of Mrs. Brooks?
300
Dawn Cookus
What is the name of the lunch ticket taker at RMS?
400
Climax
What is the highest point in the story, where the conflict is resolved?
400
James Naismith, 1891.
What Kansas coach invented basketball, and in what year?
400
Onomatopoeia
What is "Kapow! Boom! Crash!"
400
Elvis Presley
What early rock and roll star had the nickname "Swivel Hips?"
400
Ernie, Glenna, Melissa
Name two of the Royster custodians.
500
The resolution or denouement.
What is the end of the story called?
500
317 and 6/8 pounds.
What is the weight of the record biggest elk shot with a bow in Kansas?
500
Idiom
What is "You're driving me up the wall!"
500
"White Christmas" by Bing Crosby
What is the best-selling Christmas song of all time?
500
Mrs. Brooks
Which Royster person's father used to be the counselor at RMS?
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