Figurative Language
"Her smile was as bright as the sun." What literary device is this?
Simile
What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea?
Noun
What punctuation mark ends a direct question?
Question Mark
A word that has the opposite meaning of another word.
Antonym
A young girl falls down a rabbit hole into a world of strange characters.
"The wind whispered through the trees." What literary device is this?
Personification
What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun?
Adjective
Which is correct: "Their going to the store" or "They're going to the store"?
"They're going to the store".
A word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning and spelling.
Homophone
In this dystopian novel, books are outlawed and a fireman named Guy Montag begins questioning his society.
Farenhiet 451
"I've told you a million times!" What literary device is this?
Hyperbole
What part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb?
Averb
Correct this sentence: "She don't like chocolate"?
"She doesn't like choclate?"
A statement that appears contradictory but reveals a truth.
Paradox
Two siblings, Scout and Jem, witness racial injustice in their hometown of Maycomb, Alabama.
How to Kill a Mockingbird
"The classroom was a zoo." What literary device is this?
Metaphor
They arrived EARLY. What part of speech is "early" in this sentence?
Adverb
Question: Which sentence uses the correct subject-verb agreement?
A. Neither the teacher nor the students was ready.
B. Neither the teacher nor the students were ready.
C. Neither the teacher or the students were ready.
D. Neither the teacher nor the students is ready.
B. Neither the teacher nor the students were ready.
The use of language that appeals to the five senses.
Imagery
A group of boys stranded on an island attempt to govern themselves, but their society gradually falls apart.
Lord of the flies
"Betty bought beautiful blue balloons." What literary device is this?
Alliteration
In the sentence, "The keys are underneath the couch", which word is the preposition?
Underneath
Question: Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
A. The teachers lounge is being renovated.
B. The teacher's lounge is being renovated.
C. The teachers' lounge is being renovated.
D. The teachers's lounge is being renovated.
Answer: C. The teachers' lounge is being renovated.
A word or phrase that combines contradictory terms, such as "deafening silence."
Oxymoron
A young boy is sent to a juvenile correctional facility in the middle of a dried-up lake, wherethe dailypunishment seems connected to a mysterious family history and a long-buried secret.
Holes