Grammar
Literary Elements
Writing Skills
Poetry
Vocabulary and Word meaning
100

The part of speech that describes a noun.

What is an adjective?

100

The person or animal who takes part in the action of a story.

What is a character?

100

The opening section of an essay.

What is an introduction?

100

A group of lines in a poem, forming a unit.

What is a stanza?

100

A word opposite in meaning to another word.

What is an antonym?

200

The punctuation mark used to separate items in a list.

What is a comma?

200

The message or lesson of a story.

What is a theme?

200

The process of revising a written work for clarity and correctness.

What is editing?

200

The type of poem that uses a 5, 7, 5 syllable rule.

What is a Haiku?

200

The main part of a word that gives it its primary meaning.

What is a root?

300

This term is used when two independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction.

What is a compound sentence?
300

The style of narration using first-person, second-person, or third-person.

What is point of view?

300

Words or phrases used to connect ideas within in a text acting as a bridge between sentences and paragraphs.

What are transitions?

300

A poem that does not adhere to any specific rhyme scheme or meter.

What is free verse?

300

A figure of speech in which human traits are given to nonliving objects or animals.

What is personification?

400

These are used to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, such as 'and' but', 'or'.

What is a conjunction?

400

An expression that doesn't mean exactly what the words say.

What is an idiom?

400

The technique of using descriptive language to create an image in the reader's mind.

What is imagery?

400

This type of poem is 14 lines long and typically follows a specific rhyme scheme.

What is a sonnet?

400

The word or phrase that gives context and additional information to help define the meaning of a word.

What is context clue?

500

This term indicates ownership of something or someone.

What is a possessive pronoun?
500

An intentional exaggerated statement not meant to be literal.

What is a hyperbole?

500

The writing strategy involves comparing and contrasting two different things.

What is a Venn diagram?

500

The measured rhythm of a line of poetry, determined by the number of feet it contains.

What is meter?

500

This word means very small or petite.

What is minuscule?

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