Musso's ELA Extravaganza

Who penned A Christmas Carol?

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

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

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

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

What's the state capital of Louisiana?

How did Ponyboy's parents die?

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

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

Memoir is French for...

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

An extreme exaggeration.

What is the number on the door of this classroom?

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

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

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

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

What does the acronym ELA stand for?

Jonas's job title.

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

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

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

Soda Pop's girlfriend, that broke his heart.

What was the name of Scrooge's fellow apprentice?

Which of the three spirits is a shadow?

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

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

Remember to always ___________ your evidence, when citing it.

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

Scrooge's nephew

She spilled the beans.

How old is Ponyboy Curtis?

The pattern that the end rhyme creates in a poem.

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

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

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

What was The Giver's favorite memory about?

Lenny is a mouse.

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

The last five words of A Christmas Carol.

Two-Bit Matthews's real name.

Asher's assignment in the novel.

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

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

A Christmas Carol takes place in...

Jonas's real best friend.

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

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

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

Who wrote "The Gift of the Magi"?

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

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

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

What guides your thesis and essay?

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

Describing an animal or object with human qualities.

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

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

What is Scrooge's first name?

Scrooge's clerk.

Lilly's comfort object.

How many questions did this Quiz consist of?

Main form of transportation in The Giver.

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

The Giver is in which specific literary genre?

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

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

Which Christmas Ghost/Spirit is a giant?

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

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

Where a story takes place.

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

The second sentence of your introductory paragraph.

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

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

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

Identify the following sentence type: Leighton is awesome!

What project was Rod Serling responsible for?

In what city and state is The Outsiders set?

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

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

A memoir is a work of fiction.

Who authored The Giver?

Repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

The poet who wrote "Nothing Gold Can Stay".

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

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

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

What was Jonas' full number?

What did the second little pig build his house with?

What was the name of Ponyboy's English teacher?

"Nature's first green is..."

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

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

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

The two treasures of Lemon Brown, were a:

Jonas's little sister.

"It's raining cats and dogs."

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

Who authored the classic novel Slaughter-House Five?

Gabriel's comfort object.

Comparison using "like" or "as"

Who wrote the poem "My Heart Leaps Up"?

Ponyboy Curtis's brothers

Identify the following sentence type: Where is the bathroom?

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

Explanation, Evidence,...

The name of the protagonist in The Hunger Games.

Most famous quote from A Christmas Carol.

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

Coolest male teacher on campus.

Johnny's last name.

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

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

What does the acronym SSR stand for?

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

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

The first sentence of your concluding paragraph...