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Who was Betsy Ross?
A Quaker seamstress who many believe created the first American flag for George Washington.
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What is a graphic novel?
A genre that uses comic strip illustrations but has a distinct beginning, middle, and end in its story.
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What is a stanza?
A "paragraph" in a poem
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What is five?
The number of points on the stars sewn on the first American flag.
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What is an interjection?
Oops! Yikes? Wheeee? Eek!
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Who was Desmond Tutu?
South African minister and lawyer who peacefully tried to stop Apartheid.
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What is science fiction?
A genre whos characters include aliens, robots, and technologically or genetically-altered creatures
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What is a couplet?
Two lines in a poem
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What are internment camps?
Places where Japanese-Americans were relocated after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese during World War II.
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What is hyperbole?
A type of figurative language found in odes that use extreme exaggeration.
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Who are the Little Rock Nine
Nine African-Americans students who tried to attend and desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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What are ghost stories?
A genre that is typically macabre short stories.
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What is a quatrain?
Four lines in a poem
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Who were George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson?
The first three presidents of the United States
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What are proverbs?
The early bird catches the worm, haste makes waste
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Who is Washington Irving?
Author of the famous ghost story set in New York, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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What is adventure?
This genre has fast-paced action, elements of danger, daring exploits, a hero, risk, and excitement.
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What is a refrain?
A repeating line in a poem
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Who are the Freedom Riders?
Group of black and white people who protested segregation in the 1960s by riding on interstate buses
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What is the introduction, the body, and the conclusion?
The three parts of a narrative essay
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Who is Horatio?
Ancient Roman Poet who is associated with the poetry style, odes
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What is a fairy tale?
A folktale -- often with a journey, magic, and royalty -- that encourages people to stay out of trouble or danger.
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What is a kyrielle?
A type of poem popular with troubadours in France prior to the Black Death.
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What is by sea?
Per the poem, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, how the red coats arrived for the Battle of Lexington and Concord during the Revolutionary War.
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What is The Canterville Ghost?
A ghost story written by the author, Oscar Wilde
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