Vocabulary
Parts of Speech
Mr. Conway
Text Structure
Figurative Language
100
The "main point" or the most important idea that the writer is communicating to the reader. 

What is the central idea?

100

A person, place, or thing.

What is a noun?

100

What is Mr. Conway's favorite NFL football team?

Who are the New England Patriots?

100

Provides explanations or reasons for phenomena.

What is cause and effect?

100

Used to make comparisons.

What are similes and metaphors?

200

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

What is connotation?

200

An action word.

What is a verb?

200

What item does Mr. Conway collect?

What are books?

200

Identifies problems and poses solutions.

What is problem and solution?

200

Describes something in an exaggerated way.

What is hyperbole?

300

The overall mood or attitude conveyed by the narrator's word choice in a written text.

What is tone?

300

Part of speech used to describe nouns.

What is an adjective?

300

How old is Mr. Conway?

What is 29?

300

Discuss two ideas, events, or forms of media, showing how they are different and how they are similar.

What is compare and contrast?

300

To give human characteristics or qualities to something nonhuman.

What is personification?

400

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

What is an inference?

400

Describes a verb.

What is an adverb?

400

What subject does Mr. Conway have a degree in? (Hint: It's not ELA)

What is political science?

400

Describes a topic by listing characteristics, features, attributes, and examples.

What is description?

400

The formation of a word from a sound associated with that word

What is onomatopoeia?

500

The sequence of events that unfold in a story; the planned structure of the story that drives the action and conflict faced by the characters.

What is plot?

500

A specific kind of pronoun used as the subject of a verb, which means that it's the person or thing performing the action.

What is a subject pronoun?

500

What is the name of Mr. Conway's dog?

Who is Cooper?

500

Written format which presents ideas or events in the order in which they happen.

What is chronological?

500

A sentence or phrase with words that start with the same letter or sound.

What is alliteration?

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