Figurative Language
Award Winners
Vocabulary
Trivia
ELA
100
The babbling brook was a beautiful sound. 

Onomatopoeia 

100

What is the Caldecott award?

An award given to illustrators.

100

What does the word resilient mean?

Able to recover quickly

100

What is the capital of New Jersey?

Trenton

100

What is a simile

A comparison using like or as

200

He's a walking encyclopedia 

Metaphor

200

What makes a book award winning?

Answers may vary.

200

What does impending mean?

Soon to appear or take place.

200

What's the name of Chicago's baseball team? 

Chicago Bears

200

What is the first step to answering a question?

Restate the question

300

You have a million pairs of shoes. 

Hyperbole 

300

What is the Printz Award?

An award given to the author of a book for teenagers.

300

What does engross mean?

Having all of one's attention or interest

300

What band was Harry Styles a part of?

One Direction

300

What does the root photo mean?

Light 

400

"The angry clouds marched across the skies."

Personification 

400

Which award did John Green win?

The Printz Award 

400

What does apathy mean?

Lacking emotion or enthusiasm

400

Who created Kermit the Frog?

Jim Henson 

400

What is a palindrome?

A word that is spelled the same backwards and forwards.

500

Original Copy 

Oxymoron 

500

What did John Green win the Printz Award for?

Looking for Alaska

500

What does incredulous mean?

Not able to believe 

500

What is the capital of Vermont?

Montpelier 

500

What is an acroynm?

Something that stands for something-

Example: NBA