Literature
Vocabulary
Grammar
Essay Writing
Wild Card
100

The person who went with Charlie to the Chocolate Factory. 

Who is Grandpa Joe? 

100

having some heat; not cold

What is warm? 

100

a word that describes a noun.

What is an adjective? 

100

The tense that all essays should be written in.

What is past tense? 

100

Write a hook for a Charlie and the Glass Chocolate Factory summary essay.

hook

200

The last word that Charlotte spun into her web. 

What is humble? 

200

DOUBLE POINTS

to make fun of or try to annoy in a playful or cruel way

What is tease? 

200

The part of a sentence that is doing an action. 

What is the subject? 

200

This is the sentence that tells the main topic of an essay.

What is the thesis?

200

Combine the following into one sentence. 

  1. Gymnastics is a sport. 

Soccer is a sport. 

Both are popular sports. 

Both are Olympic sports. 

Gymnastics and Soccer are both popular Olympic Sports. 

300

Each child (first and last name) that found a golden ticket. 

Who is Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beuragard, Mike Teevee, and Charlie Bucket?

300

having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something.

What is suspicious? 

300

DOUBLE POINTS

The correct singular form of There + Be. 

What is "there is"? 

300

The sentence that is supposed to capture the reader's attention; is usually a question.

What is a Hook?

300

Fill in the blank with the correct Past Progressive form of the word in parenthesis. 

About 75 homeless people

_________________________________ (live) in the New York Subway tunnels during the early 1990s.

What is "were living"?

400

The place where Charlie's father worked. 

What is the toothpaste factory? 

400

to feel pain or have a bad experience

What is to suffer?

400

A sentence that has an independent clause and a dependent clause.

What is a complex sentence?

400

The written plan for an essay; Usually written in Roman numerals.

What is an Outline?

400

Name five characters from two of the books we read this term.

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500

The skill Gilly tried to teach W.E. 

What is how to defend himself/fight? 

500

to laugh softly or in a quiet manner

What is chuckle?

500

The adjective that is used to compare two things and the adjective that is used to compare more than two things.  

What is comparative and superlative? 

500

A sentence with two or more independent clauses connected incorrectly or not at all. 

What is a run-on sentence?  

500

DOUBLE POINTS

Create an outline with Roman numerals

outline