Literature
Ancient World
Figurative Language Swifty Style
US History
Grammar
100

What is the force or person who creates conflict for the main character?

Antagonist

100

What is the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers called?

Mesopotamia (or Fertile Crescent)
100

"Music starts playing like the end of a sad movie..." -Breathe

Simile

100

The first successful English colony in the Americas was...?

Jamestown

100

It is the who or what that does the action of a sentence?

Subject

200

The moral or lesson readers learn from a story is called what?

Theme

200

All early civilizations developed around what type of geography?

Rivers

200

"Ocean blue eyes looking in mine / I feel like I might sink and drown and die" -Gorgeous

Hyperbole

200

How many original colonies were there?

13

200

Over the river & Through the woods

These are...


Prepositional phrases

300

When an author chooses words and phrases that show their attitude towards the subject, that is their _ ?

Tone

300

What physical feature protected ancient Egypt with a natural western barrier?

The Sahara desert

300

"I want you to know / I'm a mirrorball" - Mirrorball

metaphor

300

What is the battle that ended the Revolutionary War?

Battle of Yorktown

300

The part of speech that takes the place of nouns.

Pronouns

400

The way a narrator tells a story through 1st or 3rd person is called...?

Point of View

400

What was Rome's first type of government?

A republic?

400

"You've got that long hair, slicked back white t-shirt..." - Style

Imagery

400

The compromise that split the states over the issue of slavery?

The Missouri Compromise

400

These words modify verbs by telling How? When? In what manner? (hint: often end in -ly)

Adverb

500

What is it called when an object represents more than its literal meaning? (i.e. dove = peace)

Symbolism

500

What were the two resources that created Africa's wealth?

Salt and gold

500

"Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter" - Love Story

Allusion

500

Who was the second president of the United States?

John Adams

500

What is the nickname for coordinating conjunctions?

FANBOYS!

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