Literacy Quiz Bowl

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

Who is the author of "Maniac Magee"?

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

Plural form of deer?

What is the beat you hear in a poem called?

Which word does not belong with the others?

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

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

Which word is NOT a noun?

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

Which is NOT a verb?

Plural form of "mouse"?

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

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

Who is the author of "Hatchet"?

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

In "Divergent", how many factions are there?

Who is the author of "The Hobbit"?

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

Which word is NOT a pronoun?

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

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

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

The attitude the author wants to convey is called what?

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

Which is NOT an adjective?

Who wrote "Running Out of Time"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which word is an example of a conjunction?

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

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

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

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

Words that sounds like their meaning?

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

What does "malleable" mean?

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

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

Which president is NOT on Mt. Rushmore?

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

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

Who is the author of the Hunger Games series?

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

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

Which word means "to value or admire highly"? 

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

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

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

Which is NOT a synonym of "timid"?

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

What does melancholy mean?

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

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

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

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

What does the word "stamina" mean?