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School Trivia
Miscellaneous
100

The lesson the reader learns from a text

What is theme?

100

A literary element that repeats a sound, word, or phrase for emphasis

What is repetition?
100

Giving human qualities to a non-human object or being.

What is personification?

100

Pinecrest Sloan Canyon's school mascot

What is a pirate?

100
The fourth planet from the sun

What is Mars?

200

The author's attitude toward the subject or characters

What is tone?

200

The person telling a story

What is the narrator?

200

A comparison in which one thing is stated as "being" another

What is a metaphor?

200

The year Pinecrest Sloan Canyon opened

What is 2019?

200

The state in which the Statue of Liberty is located

What is New York?

300

When an author describes a character directly and specifically

What is direct characterization?

300

A comparison using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

300

The end of a piece of writing

What is the conclusion?

300

The high school assistant principal's name

What is Mrs. Russell?

300

The book/movie in which Harry Potter enters the Tri-Wizard Tournament

What is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire?

400

The feeling the reader gets from a text

What is mood?

400

To be clear, coherent, and easy to understand

What is clarity?

400

Words and phrases used in a non-literal way to create an effect

What is figurative langauge?

400

The number of Pinecrest campuses (including ours) in the Las Vegas/Henderson area

What is 5?

400

The number of states in the continental United States

What is 49?

500

To be exact, accurate, and to the point

What is precise?

500

When an author describes a character through dialogue, actions, or their inner thoughts

What is indirect characterization?

500

A particular attitude or point of view toward someone or something

What is perspective?

500

This is what CERT stands for

What is College Equipped Readiness Tool?

500

The names of Snow White's seven dwarfs

What are Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Doc, Bashful, Grumpy, and Dopey?