October Miscellaneous
Halloween is the second highest grossing commercial holiday after _____________.
a) Thanksgiving
b) Easter
c) Christmas
d) Fourth of July
c) Christmas
What does it mean to scowl?
a) To frown in an angry or displeased way.
b) To smile in a happy or pleased way.
c) Moved or worked in a busy way
a) To frown in an angry or displeased way.
The part of the introduction that catches the reader's attention is called the...?
a) claim
b) hook
c) thesis statement
b) hook
What is a simile?
a) A figure of speech that involves an exaggerated statement.
b) A figure of speech that involves comparing two things using "like" or "as".
c) A phrase or expression that means something different from the literal meaning of the words.
b) A figure of speech that involves comparing two things using "like" or "as".
When the narrator tells the story to another character using the word 'you' or 'your'. The author could be talking to the audience as well. Which POV is this?
a) 1st person
b) 2nd person
c) 3rd person
b) 2nd person
October originated from the Latin Word meaning "octo" which means _________.
a) six
b) eight
c) ten
d) one thousand
b) eight
What is dialogue?
a) a conversation between two or more people or characters, or written speech in a story or play
b) the perspective from which a story is told, or who is telling the story
c) none of the above
a) a conversation between two or more people or characters, or written speech in a story or play
All of the following are types of "hooks" except...?
a) background information
b) question
c) quote
a) background information
What is a metaphor?
a) A figure of speech that involves an exaggerated statement.
b) A phrase or expression that means something different from the literal meaning of the words.
c) A figure of speech that involves comparing two things without using "like" or "as".
c) A figure of speech that involves comparing two things without using "like" or "as".
When the narrator is inside the story telling his or her own account of what is going on.
a) first person
b) second person
c) third person
a) first person
Which country celebrates its Thanksgiving on October 12th?
a) Mexico
b) Germany
c) Canada
d) New Jersey
c) Canada
What is an autobiography?
a) The state of being fierce, intense, or violent.
b) A written account of a person's life, written by that person.
c) The most intense, exciting, or important part of a story, where the main conflict is faced.
b) A written account of a person's life, written by that person.
Which type of hook is this?
John Wooden once said, "Never mistake activity for achievement."
a) question
b) quote
c) fact
b) quote
What is personification?
a) A figure of speech that involves an exaggerated statement.
b) A figure of speech that involves giving human characteristics to non-human things.
c) A figure of speech that involves comparing two things without using "like" or "as".
b) A figure of speech that involves giving human characteristics to non-human things.
The NARRATOR is one who tells the story.
a) true
b) false
a) true
What do we call the night before Halloween?
a) scary night
b) mischief night
c) witches night
d) cute puppy night
b) mischief night/goosey night
What is present tense?
a) A verb tense that describes actions happening right now.
b) A verb tense that describes actions happening in the past.
c) A verb tense that describes actions happening in the future.
a) A verb tense that describes actions happening right now.
Which type of hook is this?
Over 10,000 species of beetles have been discovered in the Amazon rainforest in the last decade.
a) dialogue
b) interesting fact
c) question
b) interesting fact
What is a hyperbole?
a) A figure of speech that involves an exaggerated statement.
b) A phrase or expression that means something different from the literal meaning of the words.
c) A figure of speech that involves giving human characteristics to non-human things.
a) A figure of speech that involves an exaggerated statement.
Which sentence is written is second person point of view?
a) You did not want to go to the grocery store.
b) Angelik did not want to go to the grocery store.
c) I did not want to go to the grocery store.
a) You did not want to go to the grocery store.
On average, each pumpkin contains how many seeds?
a) 1000
b) 2
c) 500
d) there are no seeds
c) 500
What is perspective?
a) Able to move by its own power, without needing to be pushed or pulled.
b) The act of delaying something to a later time.
c) A particular way of looking at something; a point of view or attitude towards something.
c) A particular way of looking at something; a point of view or attitude towards something.
Which type of hook is this?
"Bring me that magical pen," Jack told Sarah.
a) dialogue
b) interesting fact
c) question
a) dialogue
What is an idiom?
a) A figure of speech that involves comparing two things using "like" or "as".
b) A phrase or expression that means something different from the literal meaning of the words.
c) A figure of speech that involves giving human characteristics to non-human things.
b) A phrase or expression that means something different from the literal meaning of the words.
Perspective is another word for point of view.
a) True
b) False
a) True
BONUS 500 POINTS - What does omniscient mean?
(3rd person omniscient)