Figurative Language
Lost the Plot
Essay Format Funsies
Vocabulary
Holocaust Facts
Random Trivia (grab bag)
100

What is a comparison using "like" or "as"?

Simile

100

The most exciting, pivotal, turning point moment in a plot is called that what?

Climax

100

How many paragraphs is a classic expository essay?

Five


100

What word means to be extremely careful and particular about the details?

Meticulous

100

What is the name of the young girl who wrote in her diary during WWII that later was published?

Anne Frank

100

Name this Pokemon.

Jigglypuff


200

What is it called when you give human characteristics to non-human things?

Personification

200

When giving the setting, what two elements do you need to include?

Where the story took place and when

200

The interesting question, fact, or statement that grabs a readers attention and starts your introduction paragraph is called a...

Hook

200

What are you if you're uneasy or fearful about something that might happen?

Apprehensive

200
What's the name of the most famous concentration camp that was used during WWII?

Auschwitz

200

What is the maximum number of friends a person can have on Roblox?

200

300

A word that imitates the sound of a thing itself, for example, 'bang' or 'thud'.

Onomatopoeia

300

What is the section of a plot chart between the climax and the resolution called?

Falling Action

300

Persuasive/Argumentative essays have an extra paragraph that the others don't.  What is included in this extra paragraph?

Counterclaim and rebuttal

300

What word means like glue in texture, or sticky?

Glutinous

300

What is the name of the church that Jewish people attend?  These were also burned and destroyed when Nazis started taking control.

Synagogue

300

What is the most populated COUNTRY in the world?

India

400

The repetition of the same beginning consonants in a series of words.

Alliteration

400

List the three components of a plot's exposition.

Characters

Setting

Conflict

400

What should the first sentence in your conclusion be?

The thesis restated.

400

If something is hard but likely to break or shatter easily, it is what?

Brittle

400

What was the name of the train that took 10,000 children to Great Britain to save them during WWII?

Kindertransport

400

Who voiced Bowser in the Super Mario Movie?

Jack Black

500

A figure of speech where two contradictory terms appear together for effect. Example, "That is seriously funny."

Oxymoron
500

The fancy, French name for a plot's resolution. 

Denoument

500

Three part question:

1) How many body paragraphs should be included in your essay?

2) How many sentences are in a chunking paragraph?

3) How many times should your thesis be stated in your essay?

3

8

2

500

What word means compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others?

Charisma


500

What was the name of the kind-hearted, bulldog-looking guard at the forced labor camp Gerda Klein was sent to?  

Frau Kugler

500

What does WWW stand for when you type a website?

example: www.staples.com

World Wide Web