Figurative Language
Elements of Drama
Parts of an Argument
Riddles
Sauer Hour
100

She is as sly as a fox

What is a simile?

100

What actors have to read in order to memorize their lines.

What is a script?

100

The statement the author is trying to prove.

What is a claim?
100

What has hands and a face, but cannot hold anything?

What is a clock?
100

How old is Ms. Sauer?

What is 24?

200

He is a mouse.

What is a metaphor?

200

The main character or "good guy" in a drama.

What is the protagonist?

200

A sentence that combines an author's claim and reasons. 

What is a thesis statement?

200

What has a head and tail, but no body?

What is a coin?

200

What activity do students begin class with each day in Ms. Sauer's class?

What is independent reading?

300

Their driveway looked to be about a million miles long.

What is a hyperbole?

300

Conversation in a play, when characters talk. 

What is dialogue?

300

What must an author include in their argument to prove their point?

What is evidence?

300

What starts with t, ends with t, and has t in it?

What is a teapot?

300

Who is Ms. Sauer's favorite singer?

Who is Taylor Swift?

400

The branches of the trees seemed to scream in the wind.

What is personification?

400

The time and place of a play.

What is the setting?

400

The opposite belief of the author. 

What is a counterclaim?

400

What kind of room has no walls, doors, windows, or corners?

What is a mushroom?

400

Name a type of faulty reasoning that we discussed in class last week.

What is name-calling, slippery slope, overgeneralization, or stereotype?

500

It's raining cats and dogs outside.

What is an idiom?

500

Instructions for actors on where to stand/act on-stage in a script.

What are stage directions?

500

What must the author do in order to disprove the counterclaim?

What is form a rebuttal? 

500

What kind of band never plays music?

What is a rubber band?

500

What is Ms. Sauer's first name? Bonus 100 points if you can spell it!

What is Kaleigh?