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Fiction
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Harmony Junior High
Wild Card
100
Where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
100
When a person writes a story about somebody else's life in third person.
What is a biography?
100
Comparing two things using like or as. Example: She was as fast as a leopard.
What is a simile?
100

What is Harmony's mascot?

What is an Eagle?

100

What are the first six words of our school song?

An army of Eagles are we

200
The main problem in the story?
What is conflict?
200
When somebody writes the story of their own life in first person.
What is an autobiography?
200
Saying one thing is like another thing (comparing) without using like or as? Example: The boy was an alarm clock.
What is a metaphor?
200

What room number is my room?

32

200
The official name of the holiday on July 4th.
What is Independence Day?
300
The name of the main character in the story.
What is the protagonist?
300
The name for a text structure that puts things in order from beginning to end.
What is chronological order?
300
When a poet uses wild exaggeration to emphasis a point. Example: I'm going to die if I have to do any more homework.
What is a hyperbole?
300

How many pep rallies have we had

3

300

What is happening at 8:30 PM tonight?

Homecoming bonfire

400
The name of the character working against the main character in a story.
What is the antagonist?
400
The three different reasons an author would write a non-fiction text. (Author's Purpose)
What are persuade, inform, and entertain?
400
Giving an object human-like characteristics. Example: The tree danced in the wind.
What is personification?
400

When are you supposed to go to the bathroom?

In between classes (passing period)

400

When is the last day of school for students this year?

What is May 20th?

500
Another name for the introduction of a fiction story.
What is the exposition?
500
When somebody writes about a memory or experience in their own life in first person?
What is a memoir?
500
When a word sounds like the sound it makes? (Examples: Buzz, crack, tick-tock)
What is an onomatopoeia?
500

The number of chairs in this room.

What is 22 

500

What country has Mrs. McNeel visited? (Hint: she was in college and played softball there)

What is China?