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Eleven
Idioms & Clichés
Literature
Poetry
Grammar
100
This is the name of Sam's cat.
Who is Night Cat?
100
This idiom describes an event that happens unexpectedly.
What is "out of the blue?"
100
A type of literature that is meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience is called this.
What is drama?
100
Place and face; mine and fine; sing and ring are examples of this.
What is rhyme?
100
This is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb.
What is an adverb?
200
This stage of plot is when Sam is climbing up the pipe to the attic to find his birthday presents.
What is the exposition?
200
The literal meaning of this idiom is to have a lot of food; the figurative meaning is to have a very busy schedule.
What is "to have a lot on your plate?"
200
When the narrator places the reader directly in the story and uses "you", it is this type of point of view.
What is 2nd person point of view?
200
A poem whose lines DO NOT have a regular, repeated pattern is called this.
What is free verse?
200
Four examples of adverbs are:
Answers will vary. (loudly, always, there, very)
300
Eleven is this type of genre.
What is realistic fiction?
300
This idiom correctly completes the following sentence: "My mom is always willing to help out _____________________. She is the nicest person I know."
What is "at the drop of a hat?"
300
The five types of fiction are these.
What is historical fiction, science fiction, realistic fiction, mystery, and fantasy?
300
The poem "Mother to Son" was written by this poet.
Who is Langston Hughes?
300
The main difference between adjectives and adverbs is this.
Adjectives modify nouns. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
400
The point of view that Eleven is told from is this.
What is 3rd person limited?
400
This idiom is actually a cliché and means that you shouldn't form opinions about someone based solely on his or her appearance; you should look inside and get to know him or her first.
What is "don't judge a book by its cover?"
400
In literature, the five types of genre are these.
What are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and myths/legends/folktales?
400
"Oh I'm sailin' away, my own true love. I'm sailin' away in the mornin'" is the first line from this song by Bob Dylan.
What is "Spanish Boots of Spanish Leather?"
400
When a verb agrees with its subject in number, it is called this.
What is subject-verb agreement?
500
This is the name of Anima's Indian restaurant.
What is Kerala House?
500
The apple of someone's eye means this.
What is: something or someone that is very special and important to you?
500
The four types of conflict (internal & external) are these.
What is: character vs. character character vs. nature character vs. society character vs. self
500
The first stanza in the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost is this.
What is: Whose woods these are; I think I know. His house is in the village, though. He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.
500
Adverbs answer these four questions.
How? When? Where? To what extent?