Literary Techniques
Treasury of Oak Island
Vocabulary
Pot Luck
Short Stories
100

A word or sentence spelled the same both forward and backwards.

What is a palindrome

100

The pirate whose treasure is supposedly buried at Oak Island

Who is Captain Kidd

100

An expert or specialist in something

What is a connoisseur

100

The name of student who works part-time at Walmart

Who is Tyler

100

The story where a man was buried in a catacomb

What is The Cask of Amontillado

200

An indirect reference to a previous work of literature or event in history

What is an allusion

200

The nickname for the Oak Island Treasure

What is "The Money Pit"

200

A word that means to sacrifice by fire or to kill 

What is immolation

200

The name of the student who worked part-time at Subway

Allahna

200

The story where the man's wife was killed by a panther

What is The Boarded Window

300

A comparison using "like" or "as"

What is a simile

300

The number of people who have died while searching for the loot

What is six

300

A word meaning to have an intense or ferocious aggressiveness

What is fierce

300

What is the classroom motto?

"Through hardship to the stars"

300

The number of love stories read in class

What is zero

400

An extreme exaggeration

What is a hyperbole

400

The group of refugees some people believe the buried treasure came from

What are the Inca

400

A word meaning a fatal disease

What is pestilence

400

The number of American flags in the classroom

What is six

400

The name of the villager who won the lottery

Who is Tessie Hutchinson

500

The three most commonly alluded to pieces of literature

What are Shakespeare, the Bible, and Greek mythology

500

The name of the channel which created a TV show entitled "The Curse of Oak Island"

What is the History Channel

500

A word meaning shamelessly daring or bold

What is audacity

500
The name of the student who used his or her cellphone the most in class

Who is Jarrett

500

What was the name of the wine which foreshadowed the death of Fortunato?

What is De Grave