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Punctuation
I Wonder...
We the Peeps
LA and SS - Be Brave!
What the ?
100
Found at the end of a declarative sentence (a sentence that makes a statement)
What is a period?
100
The sweet dog of the Pullman family
Who is Daisy?
100
Where the Vikings originally came from
What is Scandinavia?
100
An author's message about life; often it is implied
What is theme?
100
The small, yellow dog that lives in Madbury; the littlest Burt
Who is Linden?
200
Used in lists, between the date of the month and year, to offset appositives...
What is a comma?
200
Auggie's older sister
Who is Via?
200
The famous European explorer that made it to China, became good buds with Kublai Khan (the emperor), and wrote a book about all that he saw there
Who is Marco Polo?
200
A group of words that begins with a preposition
What is a prepositional phrase?
200
The Taylor Swift song that encourages us to "ignore, or let go, of the bad stuff"
What is "Shake it Off"?
300
Found at the end of an interrogative sentence
What is a question mark?
300
The name of the Beecher Prep headmaster that takes great pride in his school, and clearly loves his students
Who is Mr. Tushman?
300
The name of the type of scientist that learns about people by studying the artifacts that are left behind
What is an archaeologist?
300
An element of fiction that is the "problem or challenge that characters face"; there are 5 different kinds of this
What is "conflict"
300
The mantra that encourages us to "Be positive, be respectful, be a learner"
What is the "Dover Way"?
400
Used to connect two words that together act like an adjective.
What is a hyphen?
400
Kind, sensitive musical friend of Auggie's older sister
Who is Justin?
400
The "Sir" who set fire to his own ships to strategically destroy the Spanish Armada
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
400
The series of events in fiction writing; could be mapped out using a "mountain"
What is "plot"?
400
The movie that Sony just removed from theatres that had been scheduled to open on Christmas Day
What is "The Interview"?
500
Can be used in place of a comma
What is a semicolon?
500
The name of the costume that Auggie wore to school to celebrate Halloween
What is the "Bleeding Scream"?
500
The name of the Aztec emperor that Cortes "tricked" and conquered
Who is Montezuma?
500
The type of writing that is used to teach, explain, or uncover something; incorporates a thesis
What is expository?
500
Famous actor that just lost a record number of Instagram followers revealing his not-quite-as-popular-as-we-thought status
Who is Justin Bieber?