So you think you know your teacher? (Mrs. Emes Trivia)
ELA Vocabulary
Quip Staff Trivia
ELA Figurative Language
Guess Who? (Student edition)
100

What is my full birthday?

November 29, 1994

100

How many lines are in a sonnet?

14

100

What Quip staff member is getting married in September 2026?

Ms. Elmer

100

Time is a thief.

This is an example of what type of figurative langauge?

Metaphor

100

When someone wonders what makes you unique, this Quip student might say, “It’s all in the DNA!”

Izzy Genes

200

What is my husband's full name

Edward Charles Emes III

*Also accepting: Edward Emes

200

What do we call a long speech by one character in a play?

Monologue

200

This Quip staff member has a pig and 4 grandchildren.

Mr. Martsolf

200

The bacon sizzled in the pan.

This is what type of figurative language?

Onomatopoeia 

200

These 9th grade Quip students' names contain alliteration. (3)

Martell Moreland

Ryzah Ruiz

Aubrey Anderson

300

***DAILY DOUBLE!!!***

What is my cat's name

Rosie

300

Define dramatic irony and give an example.

Irony that is understood by the audience but not the characters.

Example: We knew that Juliet wasn't actually dead from the poison, but Romeo was unaware.

300

This Quip staff member's favorite treat is Oreos, they have one son, two cats, and their favorite sport is soccer.

Mr. Senko

300

I'd better hit the hay.

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

Idiom

300

***DAILY DOUBLE!!!***

This 11th grade Quip student's name sounds like where you’d go for a glazed donut and an iced coffee. 

Miyana Duncan (Dunkin' Donuts)

400

What month did I give birth to my son?

January
400

What is the simplest definition of Hamartia?

Character's tragic flaw.

400

***DAILY DOUBLE!!!***

This Quip Staff member was a tenor in his high school chorus, and was the captain of the football team, swim team, and track teams in high school.

Mr. Bellinger

400

What is the definition and an example of an oxymoron?

Definition: Two opposite words used together.


Example: Jumbo shrimp

Bittersweet memories

400

This 11th grade Quip student is always number one — literally, his name is the number! 

Juan Gonzalez

500

What year did I get married?

2020

500

What is a dynamic character in literature? *definition*

A character who undergoes important change in the course of the story.

500

This Quip staff member Masters Degree in Biology with a focus in Comparative Mammalian Anatomy and Physiology 

Ms. Roberts

500

He was a real Romeo with the ladies.

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

Allusion

500

This 10th grade Quip student's name sounds like how much money you’d want to have in the bank. 

Ahmilliahn Tigner ("a million")