ELA Skills
Severance High School
Famous Texts
100

A noun is a..

Person- Place- Thing

100

What is the SHS mascot?  

A Silver Knight

100

Who wrote the book "The Cat in the Hat"?

Dr. Seuss

200

A solid argument should contain a..

A claim - evidence - reasoning

200

Who is the SHS principal?

Waren Morrow

200

Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

300

What style writing involves telling a story with a coherent plot and characters?

Narrative Writing

300

Severance High School is on this street:

Hidden Valley Parkway

300

Who wrote the book "1984"?

George Orwell

400

For - And - Nor - But - Or - Yet - So:

These are known as...

Coordinating Conjunctions

400

Severance High School has roughly how many students

900


400

Who wrote "The Odyssey" and "The Iliad"? 

Homer

500

What is the first sentence of an essay called? This is meant to grab the reader's attention.

A hook

500

Name a SILVER attribute.

Service - Integrity - Leadership - Valor -Excellence - Respect

500

Who wrote the book "Of Mice and Men"?

John Steinbeck