Figurative Language
Literary Techniques
Miscellaneous Skills
Parts of Speech
Punctuation
100
(Example) This test will be a walk in the park.
What is a metaphor?
100
This can be described as hints and clues about what will happen next.
What is foreshadowing?
100
This point of view includes the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.
What is third person omniscient?
100
FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) are examples of this part of speech.
What are conjunctions?
100
This type of punctuation is used to introduce a list.
What is a colon?
200
She wanted to be nice, but her parents were driving her up the wall.
What is an idiom?
200
"Treat others the way you would like to be treated," is an common example of this.
What is a theme?
200
Titles, footnotes, and text boxes are all examples of these.
What are text features?
200
These types of words describe the relationship between other words in a sentence.
What are prepositions?
200
Used to separate items in a list
What is a comma?
300
I can smell pizza from a mile away.
What is hyperbole?
300
Perpetrator, 10-4, and DOA are all examples of police _______.
What is jargon?
300
The main purposes authors have for writing are to inform, to persuade, and this.
What is to entertain?
300
Gooey, moist, and buttery are all examples of this part of speech.
What is adjective?
300
Used to separate two complete sentences ("mini sentences")
What is a semi-colon?
400
The traffic noises argued long into the night, but he finally fell asleep.
What is personification?
400
This may changed based on the region or social group to which an individual belongs.
What is dialect?
400
Recipes and directions are often told from this point of view, often signified by the pronoun "you".
What is second person?
400
This pronoun best completes the following sentence: Each Ninja Turtle has _____ own cool personality.
What is its?
400
This punctuation mark best completes the following sentence: The following music is banned in my classroom __ Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and anything by Rebecca Black.
: (colon)
500
The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face.
What is a metaphor?
500
The idea that Batman represents the triumph of good over evil is an example of this concept.
What is symbolism?
500
This is signified by an event or scene from the past being interjected into the story in the present.
What is a flashback?
500
A type of word used to modify or describe a verb or adjective
What is an adverb?
500
This punctuation mark best completes the sentence below: Some people don't laugh at my jokes __ however, my son thinks they're fabulous.
What is a semi-colon? (;)
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