Adjectives and Adverbs
Rhetorical Devices
Shakespearean Words
Nouns About Reasoning
Guess the USA State...
100

This adjective means taking words in their usual or most basic meaning, not figurative or metaphorical.

What is literal?

100

This rhetorical device entails complimenting the audience to get them onto your side.

What is flattery?

100

This noun means strong criticism or disapproval.


What is censure?

100

This noun refers to an argument made to oppose another argument.

What is a counterargument?

100

This state's main city is home to a population of nearly 8.8 million residents, which is larger than the population of 39 individual U.S. states!

What is New York?
200

This adjective refers to something that is plain, or without decoration or unnecessary detail.

What is unadorned?

200

This is a question that implies its own answer.

What is a rhetorical question?

200

This is how Shakespeare would refer to "you."

What is thou?

200

This noun refers to something that you accept as true without question or proof

What is an assumption?

200

This "Lone Star State" is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population.

What is Texas?

300

This adjective means intentional, or done on purpose.

What is deliberate?

300

This is a rhetorical device in which the speaker says the opposite of what they mean, often with a mocking or humorous tone, to criticize or point out a flaw.

What is sarcasm?

300

This noun means a large, strong box in which money or valuable objects are kept.

What is a coffer?

300

This noun means proof of someone's abilities and experience.

What are credentials?

300

This state is home to Tarpon Springs, a city with the highest population of Greek-Americans in the entire U.S.! The city is also known as the "Sponge Capital of the World," while this state's nickname is "The Sunshine State."

What is Florida?

400

This adverb means in a quiet, not obvious, or delicate way.

What is subtly?

400

This rhetorical device involves a difference between what is said and what is actually meant, in order to highlight a contrast between expectations and reality.

What is irony?

400

This adjective means unpleasant, immoral, and unacceptable.

What is vile?

400

This noun refers to the fact that someone or something can be believed or trusted.

What is credibility?

400

This is the first ever state in the U.S., as it was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. It only has three counties, and is the second smallest state!

What is Delaware?

500

This adjective refers to a kind of sentence that makes a statement.

What is declarative?

500

This rhetorical device utilizes repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect.

What is anaphora?

500

This adjective is how Shakespeare would refer to something that is buried.

What is interred?

500

This noun refers to a false or mistaken belief or idea, especially in reasoning or logic.

What is a fallacy?

500

This is "Tar Heel" state is where Miss Sophie was born ... it is also where Pepsi was invented and where the first airplane was flown!

What is North Carolina?

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