Language
What do you call a word that describes a noun?
What is an adjective?
This author wrote "The Cat in the Hat."
Who is Dr. Seuss?
This term refers to the main message or lesson in a story.
What is the theme?
The first paragraph of an essay that introduces the topic is called this.
What is the introduction?
This type of character undergoes significant change throughout the story.
What is a dynamic character?
This punctuation mark is used to show excitement!
What is an exclamation mark?
This famous detective solves mysteries with the help of his friend Watson.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
This type of reading strategy involvesguessing what will happen next.
What is making predictions?
This style requires a Works Cited page at the end of the document.
What is MLA format?
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally is called this.
What is hyperbole?
This part of speech shows action or state of being.
What is a verb?
This character from "Harry Potter" is known for his lightning bolt scar.
Who is Harry Potter?
This term describes the struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
In MLA format, this information is included in the header.
What is the student’s last name and page number?
This device gives human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
This is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.
What is a sentence?
She wrote "Little Women" and is known for her strong female characters.
Who is Louisa May Alcott?
What do you call the time and place where a story happens?
What is the setting?
What is the correct size and type of font to use in an MLA formatted essay?
2-point Times New Roman.
This civil rights leader said, "I have a dream."
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
What do you call the word that takes the place of a noun?
What is a pronoun?
This genre often involves magic and mythical creatures.
What is fantasy?
Who is the person who tells the story in a book or story?
Who is the narrator?
How should the lines be spaced in an MLA formatted essay?
What is Double-spaced?
I can fly without wings. I can cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
What is a cloud?
What is a run-on sentence?
What is a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses without proper punctuation or conjunctions?
Stories based on real events fall into this category.
What is non-fiction?
In a story, what do we call the character who faces the main conflict?
Who is the protagonist?
What is it called when you copy someone else’s work without giving credit?
What is plagiarism?
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
What is an echo?