Literary Techniques
Root words
Parts of Speech
General Knowledge
MacKillop
100

I am the literary technique where 2 things are directly contrasted next to each other (for example; good and evil)

What is juxtaposition?

100

Words that have the prefix of aqua are referring to this 5 letter word.

What is water?

100

I am the part of speech that refers to "things". There are 4 types- Common, proper, collective and abstract. 

What is a noun?

100

The 2 official languages spoken at the Olympic Games.

What is English and French?

100

The official title of the namesake of our school. 

Who is St Mary of the Cross MacKillop?

200

Chapters are to books as these are to poetry?

These are the sections or paragraphs in a poem.

What are stanzas?

200

Words which have the prefix of geo are referring to this 5 letter word.

What is earth?

200

I am the part of speech used to describe a noun.

What is an adjective?

200

I am a dystopian novel written for young adults. My main character is Katniss Everdeen.

What is the Hunger Games?

200

The name of the order of nuns St Mary of the Cross MacKillop founded with Fr Julian Tenison-Woods.

Who are the Josephites or Sisters of St Joseph? 

300

The literary technique whereby a person is developed in a narrative (16 letters).

What is characterisation?

300

Words which have the prefix of cardio are referring to this 5 letter word.

What is heart?

300

The word used in place of a noun such as "I, me, you, them, us".

What is a pronoun?

300

The fourth closest planet to the sun.

What is Mars?

300

The school motto at St Mary MacKillop College.

What is faith and courage?

400

This is the word we use to refer to the storyline of a text.

What is the plot?

400

Words which have the prefix audi are referring to this 4 letter sense.

What is hear?

400

The part of speech that is used to connect parts of a sentence such as "and, because, is".

What is a conjunction?
400

Who am I? 

This week I proposed a leadership spill in the National Party and was elected to take over leadership from Michael McCormack?

Who is Barnaby Joyce?

400

The name of the 4th principal of MacKillop College. 

Who is Mr Lee?

500

This is the literary term we use to refer to the category of a text- romance, comedy, action etc.

What is a genre?

500

Words which have the prefix of biblio are referring to this 4 letter word.

What is book?

500

The part of speech that is often followed by an exclamation point. It is a word which interupts a sentence.

What is an interjection?

500

I was the first person to walk on the moon in 1969.

Who is Neil Armstrong?

500

The names of the 2 schools which amalgamated to form MacKillop College.

What are Padua and St Peter's?

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