Vocabulary
Grammar
The Outsiders
Nelson Mandela
Miscellaneous
100

An object, person, or place that stands for something else.

What is a symbol?

100

_____ (Its/It's) warm outside. 

What is "it's"?

100

Character who killed Bob in The Outsiders.

Who is Johnny?

100

A policy or system of discrimination of segregation.

What is apartheid? 

100

The name of the main character in the novel Tangerine.

Who is Paul Fisher? 

200

Aspects of a text designed to help you locate, organize, and understand information.

What are text features? 

200

________ (Your/You're) going to do well on your exam!

What is "you're"?

200
The names of the gangs in The Outsiders.

Who are the Greasers and Socs?

200

Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for this amount of time.

What is 27 years? 

200

The last sentence of your introduction.

What is a thesis statement? 

300

Statement that can be argued.

What is a claim? 

300

Punctuation mark that connects two related independent clauses in a sentence.

What is a semicolon? 

300

Ponyboy's brothers in The Outsiders.

Who are Dally and Sodapop? 

300

The country Nelson Mandela became the president of.

What is South Africa? 

300

Event that caused Paul to start attending Tangerine Middle School in Tangerine.

What is a sinkhole?

400

Words that appeal to the senses.

What are sensory details?

400

Acronym for coordinating conjunctions that are used to connect independent clauses. These are always paired with a comma. 

What are FANBOYS? 

400

Johnny's last words to Ponyboy. 

What is "stay gold, Ponyboy"?

400

Name of the South Africa rugby team.

Who are the Springboks? 

400

Citation format name that we use to cite our sources in ELA. 

What is MLA?

500

The language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience.

What is rhetoric? 

500

I hope ______ (your/you're) enjoying this game! _____ (There/Their/They're) _____ (our/are) a variety of questions that your team can answer to earn points. 

What is "you're," "there," "are"?

500

Location of the plot of The Outsiders.

What is Tulsa, Oklahoma? 

500

Type of nation Nelson Mandela wanted to create in South Africa.

What is a rainbow nation, or a nation of unity? 

500

Name of the tangerines Louis grows that Paul and his teammates did a project on.

What is golden dawn tangerine?