Vocabulary
Stories
Commas
Parts of Speech
Literary Devices
100

Strong Hostility

What is Animosity?

100
A trapeze artist's daughter owes her life to her mother

What is "The Leap"

100

Where does the comma go in the following sentence?

The child giggled played and napped while I babysat.

Where is after giggled and after played?

100
Person, place, thing, idea

What is a noun?

100

What is the name for the story itself?

What is Plot?
200

A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

What is anecdote?

200

We know that Vera's name comes from the Latin word for "truth," but she lies throughout the story. 

What is dramatic irony?

200

Where does the comma go in the following sentence?

We went skating and we went to get hot cocoa.

Where is after skating?

200

What is the acronym to remember coordinating conjunctions?

What is FANBOYS?

200

Where the story takes place (both time and location)

What is Setting?

300

It is appropriate or suitable; it befits

What is Behoove?

300

Tom was a work-a-holic.

Anna was brave.

Sekhar was honest.

Vera was manipulative.

What is characterization?

300

Where is a comma needed in the following sentence:

I ate three big cookies instead of my supper last night.

Where is nowhere; there doesn't need to be a comma.

300

In my garden

What is a preposition or prepositional phrase?

300

When someone say something opposite from what they mean for comedic effect; the opposite from what is expected to happen takes places; when the reader knows something that the characters in the story don't

What is irony?

400
Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.
What is Subjective?
400

Tom realized that his wife was what was really important to him, not his job

What is the theme of Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket

400

The comma that is correct to have, but also correct to leave out

What is the oxford comma?

400

Incredibly bright

What is an adverb that describes an adjective?

400

The overarching takeaway of a story

What is theme?

500

Not influenced by personal feelings when presenting facts

What is Objective?

500

The paradox in "Like the Sun"

What is "Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind"

What is "Sometimes doing the right thing can lead to consequences"

500

Insert the comma into the following sentence:

My mom sarcastically whispered under her breath "Thanks a lot!" after I gave her a hard time.

Where is after breath?

500

Rather slowly

What is an adverb that describes another adverb

500

A seemingly contradictory statement that, after stronger consideration, reveals a deep truth

What is Paradox?

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