Name the literary device:
Her eyes are as beautiful as the stars.
What is a simile?
100
Subject-Verb Agreement:
The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring _____ more than just a nuisance.
What is "are"?
100
The most dynamic character in The Diary of Anne Frank.
Who is Anne?
100
This man feared exclusion from experiments because he thought he failed the inkblot test.
Note: First and last name required
Who is Charlie Gordon?
100
The proper punctuation for
1. a short story
2. a novel
Write the answer to both!
What are:
1. quotation marks
2. underline OR italics (not both!)
200
Name the literary device:
The house, with its chipped paint and peeling façade, just looked depressed.
What is personification?
200
"FANBOYS" stands for these conjunctions that combine two full sentences like "I like apples" and "I also like bananas."
What are For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So?
200
The city where the Franks' annex is located.
What is Amsterdam?
200
The first person hanged in the poem “The Hangman.”
Who is a foreigner?
200
The three main kinds of author's purpose.
What are Persuade, Inform, and Entertain?
300
Name the literary device (three words)
Narration told by a person not in the story who knows the thoughts and feelings of every character.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
300
The main purpose of a semicolon.
What is: to combine two complete sentences?
300
An appropriate theme of Inside Out & Back Again
What are: many themes revolving around war, survival, resilience, racism, strength, etc.
300
Three character traits of the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart."
What are anxious, insane, meticulous, careful, observant, easily irritated, intelligent, quiet, etc.
300
The reason the narrator of "The Hangman" is killed last.
What is: he "served the Hangman best" by not speaking out when he took and killed everyone else.
The bystander can be just as guilty as the abuser.
400
Name the literary device:
When you (the reader) know something that the characters themselves do not. Often causes suspense.
What is dramatic irony?
400
Correct Pronouns:
Time Magazine has featured Middle Eastern heroine and activist Malala on ______ front cover.
What is "its"?
400
Name both:
1. A conflict in the rising action of The Diary of Anne Frank
2. The climax of The Diary of Anne Frank
What are:
1. Anne fighting with any of the annex residents, especially mom or Peter or Dussel; having to be quiet during the day; Mrs. Van Daan's jealousy; Mr. Van Daan stealing food; Dussel hating Peter's cat; etc.
2. The Gestapo finding them and taking them away.
400
The reason Squeaky decides to give up running.
What is: she is going to train her brother Raymond because she is so proud that he has the same passion.
400
To be able to really lead a rebellion, one needs STAUNCH allies and followers: STAUNCH means...
What is loyal or committed?
500
Name the literary device:
The atmosphere created in a story; how the reader is made to feel.
What is mood?
500
Rewrite this sentence with proper commas:
Fido a very loving pet wags his tail quickly when his human comes home.
What is "Fido, a very loving pet, wags his tail quickly when his human comes home."
500
In Inside Out & Back Again, this symbolizes Hà leaving behind her innocence.
What is tossing her doll into the sea with Brother Khoi's chick?
500
The man vs. self (internal) conflict in "The Great Rat Hunt."
What is: the narrator believes he is a failure as a son who cannot make his sporty father proud because he is not athletic.
500
The reason Greg smiles at the end of "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" knowing he's about to get another lecture from his father about studying for math.
What is: Lemon Brown's Words of the Wiser were able to change Greg's view. He is thankful now for what he has. He has a new perspective on life and what's important.