Class Novels
Root Words
Sentence Structure
Figurative Language
Miscellaneous
100

This is the setting of Where the Red Fern Grows.

The Ozarks/Ozark Mountains

100

The meaning of the root word "aqua".

Water

100

An independent clause is made up of these two parts.

What is a subject and predicate?

100

Figure of speech where two things are compared using "like" or "as".

What is a simile?

100

The name of the online program we used only in English (and keyboarding) this year.

What is Lexia?

200

In The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, this character is the narrator of the story.

Josh Bell/Filthy McNasty

200

The meaning of the suffix "-logy".

"The study of"

200

The acronym for coordinating conjunctions.

What is FANBOYS?

200
Figure of speech where a non-human entity is given human-like qualities or characteristics.

What is personification?

200

The number of syllables in the second line of a haiku.

What is 7?

300

In Where the Red Fern Grows, this is the breed of Billy's dogs.

(Redbone) Coonhounds

300

The meaning of the root word "graph".

"write" or "draw".

300

In compound sentences, the punctuation added before a coordinating conjunction.

What is a comma?

300

A figure of speech that is accepted as part of a culture but does not mean what it literally says.

What is an idiom?

300

The name of our class textbook.

What is MyPerspectives?

400

In The Crossover, this is the injury that made Chuck Bell stop playing basketball.

Knee injury (Patella Tendonitis)
400

The Greek root word meaning "self".

"auto"?

400

A single independent clause can also be called this kind of sentence.

What is a simple sentence?

400
"I am so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of this figure of speech.
What is hyperbole?
400

The type of essay you wrote in this year's ACT Aspire.

What is a personal/reflective narrative?

500

In Where the Red Fern Grows, what does Billy rub on Little Ann to make her coat shine for the beauty contest?

Butter

500

The Latin root word meaning "opposite of".

What is "anti"?

500

"After playing outside for a few hours, the kids went in for hot chocolate." This sentence is an example of...

What is a complex sentence?

500

"Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers" is an example of this kind of figure of speech.

What is alliteration?

500

Ms. Salinas' age.

25