"A Christmas Carol"
What two things do Marley’s chains represent?
Wealth and greed
What is the term used to describe spelling, grammar, and punctuation when editing a paragraph?
Conventions
Sad and mad are an example of what poetic device?
Rhyme
Which character said, "It's a time for finding yourself a year older and not an hour richer."?
Scrooge
Who was the supreme ruler of the gods?
Zeus
What is the name of the man that young Scrooge worked for?
Fezziwig
What type of words do you use at the beginning of your body sentences of your paragraph to show idea order?
Transitions or transition words
What is a “paragraph” in poem called?
Stanza
Name the story where Tommy said, "Mr. Brand, you'd better not. They don't want you to."
"Monsters are Due on Maple Street"
In Greek mythology, what is the name for a creature that is half man, half horse?
Centaur
What two places does Scrooge say people belong in if they can’t pay their debts?
Workhouses and Prisions
What literary term means the meaning, moral, or message of a story?
Theme
Name the term that is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line. Example; sally sold seashells by the seashore
Alliteration
In which story did Victor say that "this year, he was going to make Theresa his girl."?
"Seventh Grade"
Who was the goddess of love and beauty?
Aphrodite
Scrooge says that people who go around with Merry Christmas on their lips should have what two things happen to them?
They should be boiled in their own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through their heart
What literary term has these categories; fantasy, drama, romance?
Genre
The last few days of school are like being in a three-ring circus is an example of what poetic device or figurative language?
Simile
From what story do we learn this about the main character;“One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow where he lived with his father and mother, and carried him, kicking and clucking, down a roadside ditch."
Rikki Tikki Tavi
In Greek mythology, where did the gods and goddesses live?
Mount Olympus
Why did Tiny Tim want people to see him at church?
So they remember that it’s Christ’s miracles that are the reason for celebrating x-mas or the true meaning of Christmas
What literary term means the sequence of events in a story?
Plot
Give an example of a metaphor.
Answers will vary
In what story did we learn about a boy in Malawi who wanted to improve farming in his village?
"The Boy who Harnessed the Wind"
Besides Zeus and Hades, name two other Greek Gods.
Poseidon, Hermes, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Demeter, Dionysus