Idioms and Expressions
Literature
Spelling Bee
Word Meanings
100

Hit the sack

Go to bed/sleep

100

Who wrote The Hobbit?

J.R.R Tolkien

100

1

genre

100

Yap

To talk noisily or complain


200

On the ball

Alert/Quick to respond

200

What is the name of the detective in many of Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories?


Sherlock Holmes

200

2

embarrass

200

Dawdle

To waste time or move slowly

300

Burn the candle at both ends

Overwork/Exhausting oneself

300

Who is the author of The Diary of a Young Girl?

Anne Frank
300

3

cacophony

300

Muddle

A confused or messy situation


400

To draw a longbow

To exaggerate or lie

400

Who wrote the poem The Raven?

Edgar Allen Poe

400

4

connoisseur

400

petrichor

The pleasant smell after rain