Moon of the Crusted Snow
Literary Devices
Grammar & Language
Random Trivia
Short Fiction
100

What is the name of the community's elder who later dies?

Aileen
100

This is the term of extreme exaggeration, such as saying that you're so hungry you could eat a horse.

Hyperbole.

100

This is the term for taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as your own.

Plagiarism.

100

Name all five Great Lakes 

Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Superior

100

The term for the opposing character or force in a story

Antagonist
200

This is the term for burning sage at a community gathering to clarify thoughts.

Smudge

200

A tongue twister with multiple words that begin with the same sound such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of what device?

Alliteration

200

What piece of punctuation needs to be added twice to the following sentence:  I COULDNT GO TO THE GAME BECAUSE MY MOM WOULDNT LET ME.

Apostrophes

200

How many bones does a shark have? The group with the closest guess is the winner.

Zero - they are made up entirely of cartilage.

200

Protagonist's name in "Green Grass, Running Water"

Lionel

300

What animal did Nanabush hunt in Dan's story AND, what was the lesson of the story?

Geese, Don't be greedy / Be prepared for winter

300

Two opposing terms, such as "bittersweet".

Oxymoron

300

What piece of punctuation is used to give the reader a heads up that they are about to encounter an explanation or a list of items?

A colon.

300

Name all of Santa's reindeer. There are 9

Donner, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Cupid, Vixen, Blitzen, Rudolph

300

Name 4 differenty types of conflict

Person vs. Person, Self, Society, Nature, Supernatural, Technology

400

The name of the community grocery store

The Northern

400

The theme of a story is a full-sentence expression of the overall message, such as "Love can either create or end a friendship". What is the literary term for one or two-word topics that come up in a story, such as 'love' or 'friendship'?

Motifs.

400

What information should be included in a page 1 header in the top LEFT corner of an MLA-formatted paper?

Student's first and last name
Teacher's first and last name
Course code
Date of submission

400

What is widely considered as Santa Claus's original name? 

Chris Kringle

400

What is the protagonist's name in "Animal People Choose a Leader" AND what kind of animal are they"

Wapoose, rabbit

500

Name all the members of Evan's family.

Nicole, Nanghons, Maiingnan, Dan, Patricia, Cam, Sara

500

Comparing two unlike things
WITHOUT using like or as.

Metaphor

500

What is the one word that never ever means possession or ownership when an apostrophe s ('s) is added?

It's (only ever means IT IS)

500

Which author studied in this course recently revealed they are NOT actually Indigenous?

Thomas King

500

What was the motif of "The Biggest Moccassins in the World"?

Respect