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Eleven
Idioms & Clichés
Literature
Poetry
Grammar
100
This author wrote Eleven.
Who is Patricia Reilly Giff?
100
An idea or expression that has been overused to the point where it's boring and corny.
What is a cliché?
100
A category of literature.
What is genre?
100
A poem whose lines have a regular, repeated pattern.
What is free verse?
100
When referring to subject-verb agreement, a singular subject must have this.
What is a singular verb?
200
The main character in Eleven was born with this name.
Who is Sam Bell?
200
To lose the courage to do something.
What is to have cold feet?
200
When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story, it is called this.
What is 3rd person omniscient point of view?
200
Ordinary writing; for example: novels, essays, articles, etc.
What is prose?
200
Patiently, sometimes, everywhere, and very are all examples of this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
300
Mack and Onji grew up in this location.
What is New York state near the St. Lawrence River?
300
To be skillful at gardening and growing plants.
What is to have a green thumb?
300
Don't judge someone based on their looks or the color of their skin is an example of this.
What is theme?
300
Comparing two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
300
Three of the six main uses of capitalization are these.
What are proper nouns, days/months/holidays, beginning of a sentence, titles of people, nationalities/languages/religions, and title of works?
400
Mack takes Sam to Boldt Castle on Heart Island and tells Sam about his mother's death, the Children's Home, and the boating accident.
What is the climax in Eleven?
400
To ignore someone and not talk to them.
What is to give someone the cold shoulder?
400
Greek mythology and The Tortoise and the Hare are examples of this type of genre.
What is myths/legends?
400
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is an example of this type of poem.
What is structured form?
400
An adjective can answer these four questions.
What are: What kind? Which ones? How many? and How much?
500
These two characters are Sam's teachers; one in the regular classroom and one for reading.
Who are Mrs. Stanek and Mrs. Waring?
500
This describes two people who act alike, talk alike, and/or dress alike.
What is to be like two peas in a pod?
500
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is an example of this type of genre.
What is nonfiction?
500
"He was drowning in homework" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
500
A word that modifies a person, place, thing, or idea is called this.
What is an adjective?