ELA end of year trivia

Random ELA Trivia

100

A person, place, or thing. 

What is a noun. 

200

An action word..

Verb

300

What supports the main idea in a text...

Details

400

Who is the best college in North Carolina..

NC State

500

The 5 steps to the INFER strategy...

Answer determined by teacher.

Texts we've read...

100

The boy who had red hair and the story was ironic.

What is the Ransom of Red Chief.

200

"Stay Gold, Ponyboy, Stay Gold..."

What is the Outsiders

300

I am a fighter, not just a teenager..

What is I am Malala

400

Jim gave Della her combs....

What is The Gift of the Magi..

500

Charlie and Algernon raced...

What is Flowers for Algernon

Poetry!

100

The "paragraphs" in poetry are called..

What are stanzas

200

These two comparisons are used in poetry often...

What are similes and metaphors..

300

When an object is represented by something else..

What is Symbolism

400

When a poem rhymes, it has a....

What is Rhyme Scheme

500

Paul Reveres ride is an example of this type of poetry..

Narrative Poem

Literary Elements

100

When you expect something to happen and opposite occurs...

Situational Irony

200

The idea or topic of the story is also called...

Main Idea

300

When readers know more than the characters do..

Dramatic Irony

400

"Man, I love when it's 100 degrees and humid outside.." is an example of...

Verbal Irony

500

"Okay, Eve" she said after eating the cake she wasn't supposed to. This is an example of what type of literary device? 

Allusion

Figures of Speech

100

The use of like or as in a comparison

Simile

200

A comparison not using like or as..

Metaphor

300

An extreme exaggeration of something.

Hyperbole

400

Alligators act awesome. This is an example of...

Alliteration

500

Whoosh, splat, buzz are examples of..

Onomatopoeia.