Biographies Genres Poetry History Literature
100
Who was Betsy Ross?
A Quaker seamstress who many believe created the first American flag for George Washington.
100
What is a graphic novel?
A genre that uses comic strip illustrations but has a distinct beginning, middle, and end in its story.
100
What is a stanza?
A "paragraph" in a poem
100
What is five?
The number of points on the stars sewn on the first American flag.
100
What is an interjection?
Oops! Yikes? Wheeee? Eek!
200
Who was Desmond Tutu?
South African minister and lawyer who peacefully tried to stop Apartheid.
200
What is science fiction?
A genre whos characters include aliens, robots, and technologically or genetically-altered creatures
200
What is a couplet?
Two lines in a poem
200
What are internment camps?
Places where Japanese-Americans were relocated after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese during World War II.
200
What is hyperbole?
A type of figurative language found in odes that use extreme exaggeration.
300
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.
300
What are ghost stories?
A genre that is typically macabre short stories.
300
What is a quatrain?
Four lines in a poem
300
Who were George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson?
The first three presidents of the United States
300
What are proverbs?
The early bird catches the worm, haste makes waste
400
Who is Washington Irving?
Author of the famous ghost story set in New York, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
400
What is adventure?
This genre has fast-paced action, elements of danger, daring exploits, a hero, risk, and excitement.
400
What is a refrain?
A repeating line in a poem
400
Who are the Freedom Riders?
Group of black and white people who protested segregation in the 1960s by riding on interstate buses
400
What is the introduction, the body, and the conclusion?
The three parts of a narrative essay
500
Who is Horatio?
Ancient Roman Poet who is associated with the poetry style, odes
500
What is a fairy tale?
A folktale -- often with a journey, magic, and royalty -- that encourages people to stay out of trouble or danger.
500
What is a kyrielle?
A type of poem popular with troubadours in France prior to the Black Death.
500
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.
500
What is The Canterville Ghost?
A ghost story written by the author, Oscar Wilde






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