Musso's ELA Extravaganza

What was The Giver's favorite memory about?

The name of the protagonist in The Hunger Games.

Who penned A Christmas Carol?

What does the acronym SSR stand for?

Jonas's real best friend.

What were the last two words Johnny told Ponyboy, before he died?

Lilly's comfort object.

The poet who wrote "Nothing Gold Can Stay".

Identify the following example of figurative language: I'm so hungry I could eat an elephant.

Scrooge's nephew

Identify the following sentence type: Where is the bathroom?

What other famous novel did Gary Paulsen, the author of a memoir entitled Guts, write ?

Identify the following sentence type: Get out of here, right this second.

In an essay, a restatement and answer to the prompt is your...

Where a story takes place.

William Blake wrote the poem, "The Human _________".

Johnny's last name.

In essay writing, this is your "lighthouse", your guiding light.

The underlying message or lesson that the author is trying to convey in a story.

The character in "Harrison Bergeron" that decides to stand up and rebel with Harrison.

Identify the following sentence type: Danny is always leaving his gym bag in my classroom.

At the very start of The Giver, Jonas's community is frightened and threatened by _________.

"It's raining cats and dogs."

Who wrote the poem "My Heart Leaps Up"?

In what city and state is The Outsiders set?

According to Ponyboy, which one of the following icons is tuff?

Scrooge's lost love's name was Belle. In French, her name means...

Which Christmas Ghost/Spirit is a giant?

What did the second little pig build his house with?

Ponyboy Curtis's brothers

Most famous quote from A Christmas Carol.

Coolest male teacher on campus.

The first sentence of your concluding paragraph...

What was the name of Scrooge's fellow apprentice?

What was the article of clothing in Sandra Cisneros's short story, "Eleven".

How old was S.E. Hinton when The Outsiders was published?

What did Ponyboy realize that he and Cherry had in common?

Lois Lowry wrote three other novels about Jonas's "world". This collection is called a:

An extreme exaggeration.

What was the stage name of the wise old man with an unexpected treasure, who played the blues?

Describing an animal or object with human qualities.

Asher's assignment in the novel.

Lois Lowry also wrote this book, which most of you read in the 5th grade.

She spilled the beans.

What is Scrooge's first name?

Lenny is a mouse.

Jonas's little sister.

A talent that Ponyboy reveals to us in words, other than writing.

What was Jonas' full number?

A memoir is a work of fiction.

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

The pattern that the end rhyme creates in a poem.

Jonas's job title.

Who authored The Giver?

The name of Jonas's predecessor, who "failed".

Darry, Soda Pop, and Ponyboy's last name.

What was the name of the protagonist in "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"?

What was the name of Ponyboy's English teacher?

Repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

In The Giver, what does the community call the natural feelings that Jonas has for Fiona?

How many questions did this Quiz consist of?

Where did Dally take the boys, after he picked them up from the church?

Main form of transportation in The Giver.

In Jonas's community, "Release" is a euphemism for ____________.

Memoir is French for...

In order to have an essay, you need at least how many paragraphs?

"Nature's first green is..."

What were the two things that Ponyboy had on his mind at the beginning of The Outsiders?

Identify the following sentence type: Leighton is awesome!

Reference to another person, place, event, literary work, etc.

Jonas's comfort object was this "imaginary creature":

Where was the church that Ponyboy and Johnny hid out located?

Who wrote "The Gift of the Magi"?

How much money did Della have at the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi"?

Two-Bit Matthews's real name.

Scrooge's clerk.

Which of the three spirits is a shadow?

The author of the essay, "How to Write a Memoir".

Who wrote The House On Mango Street and "Eleven"?

Comparison that does not use "like" or "as".

The second sentence of your introductory paragraph.

What project was Rod Serling responsible for?

Who authored the classic novel Slaughter-House Five?

Scrooge's old boss, whom he was delighted to see again.

What guides your thesis and essay?

The Giver is in which specific literary genre?

The last five words of A Christmas Carol.

S.E. Hinton is her pen name/pseudonym/alias. Her real name is...

What's the name of the tech guy that comes on Friday?

What is the title of the leader of Jonas's community?

What's the state capital of Louisiana?

The thesis of your essay should be an answer to/specific claim about the _________.

If you were in The Outsiders, in which social group would you belong?

The first sentence of an essay is often referred to as your...

Asher's assignment in the film interpretation of the novel.

Who is Scrooge "like a second father" to, at the end of the novel?

A Christmas Carol takes place in...

The events/actions/things that happen in a story.

Cute Soc cheerleader that Ponyboy encounters at the Admiral Twin Drive-In.

The two treasures of Lemon Brown, were a:

Gabriel's comfort object.

What does the acronym ELA stand for?

Explanation, Evidence,...

How did Ponyboy's parents die?

When an author goes by a name other than their own, it is their _____________.

What is the correct terminology for the following three dots...

Comparison using "like" or "as"

The name of my favorite short story of the year, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Musso's favorite student, out of the following (if I had favorites).

What is the number on the door of this classroom?

If you include Jacob Marley, how many ghosts visit Scrooge on Christmas Eve?

How old is Ponyboy Curtis?

In The Giver, Lois Lowry said that, "Memories are __________".

Remember to always ___________ your evidence, when citing it.

The first sentence of the body paragraphs of an essay is...

Class/Life Rules, as posted in Musso's class? Two.

Soda Pop's girlfriend, that broke his heart.

Belle tells Scrooge that he has replaced her with another __________.