The jet flew across the sky like a hawk. Simile or metaphor?
Simile
100
If a story is not true and made up, is it fiction or nonfiction?
fiction
100
What is the suffix in JUMPING?
ING
100
Who are the animals or people in a story?
the characters
200
Which of these is a homophone pair:
Met, Meet, Meat, Need, Speed?
Meet and Meat
200
Your smile is a beautiful sunshine. Simile or metaphor?
metaphor
200
Is a biography fiction or nonfiction?
nonfiction
200
Use the meaning of the suffix -ER in the word WRITER to define what the word means.
a person who writes.
200
What do you call the "when" and "where" of a story?
Setting
300
Are the words mad and angry synonyms or antonyms?
synonyms
300
She got up on the wrong side of the bed is an example of what literary device?
an idiom
300
If you were reading an article for a research project in Science class, what is most likely the author's purpose for the passage you are reading?
to inform
300
What does the prefix "un" mean?
NOT
300
What is the plot of a story?
The events that happen to the characters. It may include the problem.
400
Which word is a synonym for tundra:
Arctic, tropical, or hot?
arctic
400
Mrs. Miller made many marvelous muffins on Monday is an example of what literary device?
alliteration
400
What would the genre of a short story that has animals as characters and teaches a moral or lesson be---a myth, legend, tall tale, fable, or folk tale?
a fable
400
What is the base word of the word unbelievable?
believe
400
What is the conflict of a story?
the problem that needs to be solved
500
Are the words delicious and disgusting examples of synonyms or antonyms?
Antonyms
500
What poetic device is this:
Mrs. Miller went to sea,
To try to catch a fish for me.
Rhyme
500
Hercules is what type of story?
myth
500
Based on the meaning of the prefix -RE, what does it mean to "repay" someone?
To pay them again.
500
What would be the author's purpose for writing a commercial?