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Kids Books - Authors
Figurative Language
Grammar - Writing
Name the Month
10

Including spouse and children (as well as him), how many people are in his family - (do NOT count extended family)

4

10

The Lightning Thief

RICK RIORDAN

10

"The leaves beckoned me with their song to walk among the trees."  What type of Fig. Language?

PERSONIFICATION

10

The sentence part that does the action of the verb

SUBJECT

10

Valentine's Day

FEBRUARY

20

What is his current dog's name?

LunaBear

20

Hunger Games

SUZANNE COLLINS

20

Saying that the Grand Canyon is "a whole in the ground" is what type of Figurative Language?

Understatement

20

How is the word IS used in the following sentence: Devonshire is a small town.  (Answer must be two words long)

LINKING VERB

20

Labor Day

SEPTEMBER

30

In what school district OTHER than Farmington, has he taught (5 years)

MURFREESBORO (Arkansas)

30

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

ROALD DAHL

30

"ANY use of language/wording that has meaning for the reader BUT whose meaning is different than that contained in a dictionary for the words used."

This is the definition of what literary term?

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

30

The type of conjunction seen at the beginning of the following sentence:  Because he can't keep a secret, we will not tell Kevin where we keep the cookies.

SUBORDINATING

30

MEMORIAL DAY

MAY

40

What is his middle name?

DOUGLAS

40

Among the Hidden

MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX

40

The words "add insult to injury" is an example of a/an...

IDIOM

40

What is the error in the following sentence: Yesterday, I saw a deer riding a bicycle to school.

MISPLACED MODIFIER

40

Father's Day

JUNE

50

What brand of vehicle does he most often drive to school?

FORD

50

The THEODORE BOONE series

JOHN GRISHAM

50

"Knute used a Lazarus approach to getting the truck to run" is an example of what author tool/technique

ALLUSION

50

The shortest COMPLETE SENTENCE in the English language would have to be classified as what kind/type of sentence? (Half Credit for the less formal term)

IMPERATIVE    1/2 Credit for COMMAND

50

The month with the most weddings.

JUNE