Literacy Quiz Bowl

Plural form of "mouse"?

Plural form of deer?

Who is the author of "The Hobbit"?

What is it called when an author gives human characteristics to non-humans?

Words that sounds like their meaning?

Decade is to ten, as century is to...?

Which word is NOT a pronoun?

What does "malleable" mean?

Which word means "to cause something to change from good to bad"?

In "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", what does the scarecrow want from the wizard?

What does the word "stamina" mean?

Which point of view? "If she was happy, I was happy. If she was sad, I was sad."

Text feature at the bottom of our textbook pages that has a small #, word, & definition?

What do you call a book or story about a person's life, written by that person?

Genre? - Verse written to create a response of thought & feeling from the reader.

Which part of the plot is the most exciting part and a turning point in the story?

When an author gives a hint about something that will happen later in the story?

Who is the author of "Maniac Magee"?

Which word does not belong with the others?

A word that takes the place of a noun is called...

How do you spell the plural form of "chimney"?

The attitude the author wants to convey is called what?

Which is NOT a synonym of "timid"?

Who wrote "Running Out of Time"?

What part of speech names a person, place, thing, quality, or idea?

Which word means "to value or admire highly"? 

Stanley Yalnats is the main character in what book by Louis Sachar?

Type of genre? - story with made-up characters, settings, and problems but sound as if true

Genre? - text that provides factual information about a variety of topics

Type of genre? - story including elements that are impossible (magic, mythical creatures, etc.)

In the "Harry Potter" series, what is the last name of Harry's aunt and uncle?

In the word "chronological", what does the root, "chrono" mean?

What does melancholy mean?

In "Divergent", how many factions are there?

In the word "hydrofoil", what does the root "hydro" mean?

How do you spell the contraction of the words "will not"?

What do you called words with opposite meaning? (such as "up" and "down")

What is the term in figurative language in which two things are compared using "like" or "as"?

In the word "interstate", what does the prefix "inter" mean?

Type of genre? - a fictional story that takes place in the past 

Which is NOT a verb?

Using a word, phrase, sound, or line more than once in a poem...

"My backpack weighs a TON" is an example of what???

Who is the author of the Hunger Games series?

Which president is NOT on Mt. Rushmore?

Type of genre? - a record of events written by a person having personal knowledge of them.

What is the title of the second book in the "Divergent" series?

Which is NOT an adjective?

A short story in which a lesson (or moral) is learned is called....

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

Who owned the chocolate factory in the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"?

Type of genre? - suspenseful story meant to scare or keep the reader guessing.

Who is the author of "Hatchet"?

A word formed by joining two words is called...

The phrase "big, beautiful boat" is an example of...?

What is the beat you hear in a poem called?

Which word is an example of a conjunction?

"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of what???

Which word is NOT a noun?

Type of genre? - stories that use elements that are not part of our world (aliens, time travel)

Type of genre? - story of a person's life written by another person