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Teacher Trivia
100
Words whose sound is very close to the sound they are meant to depict.
What is onomatopoeia.
100
You start verb definitions with this word.
What is "to."
100
These three things are included in a well-structured essay.
What are the introduction, body, and conclusion.
100
This is the turning point in a short story.
What is the climax.
100
The sport that Mrs. Olson played in college.
What is softball.
200
The house groaned as the wind hit its sides.
What is personification.
200
a word that modifies a noun
What is an adjective
200
This is the purpose of the opening line of an essay.
What is to hook your reader.
200
This is the part of a story where characters and setting are introduced.
What is the exposition.
200
The names of Mr. Macholan's kids.
Who are Taytum and Crayton.
300
"He is such a baby."
What is a metaphor.
300
Dialogue is surrounded by these
What are quotation marks
300
These are needed in order to smoothly connect paragraphs.
What are transition words.
300
This Golden Sower nominee is about a boy who has the ability to take others' pain away.
What is Bruiser.
300
The state where Ms. Faulconer grew up.
What is Wyoming.
400
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
What is a pun
400
This is the term for an incomplete sentence.
What is a fragment.
400
These are included to make writing more interesting and more descriptive.
What are literary devices.
400
In this short story, a young mother is denied a bus ride in a snow storm, and then comes back to haunt the route after she freezes to death.
What is "Woman in the Snow."
400
The name of Mrs. Towle's favorite college football team.
What is Iowa State.
500
"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning!"
What is an idiom.
500
These are the two things that are needed to combine two complete sentences into one.
What are a comma and a conjunction.
500
This is the last sentence of the introduction.
What is the thesis statement.
500
Dr. James Schaap helped write the memoir called "Things We Couldn't Say" about this woman.
Who is Diet Eman.
500
The number of siblings that Mrs. Olson has.
What is two.