Famous Authors
Figurative Language
Shakespeare
Elements of fiction
The Language Arts
100
The author of "Green Eggs and Ham."
What is Dr. Seuss?
100
A comparison between two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
Shakespeare's first name.
What is William?
100
The time and place of a story.
What is setting?
100
The act of marking words on paper.
What is writing?
200
The author of the play "Macbeth."
Who is Shakespeare?
200
Assigning human qualities to non-human things or ideas.
What is personification?
200
A play in which two teenagers from enemy families fall in love.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
200
The character opposing the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
200
The action of conveying information or expressing one's thoughts and feelings in spoken language.
What is speaking (talking).
300
The author of "Harry Potter."
Who is J.K. Rowling?
300
The repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words.
What is alliteration?
300
The country of Shakespeare's birth.
What is England?
300
On a plot diagram it is the highest point of tension, or the most critical part of the story.
What is the climax?
300
To make an effort to hear and understand what someone is saying.
What is listening?
400
The author of "Lord of the Rings."
Who is J. R. R. Tolkien?
400
An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point.
What is a hyperbole?
400
A common joke with the response "who's there?" which was coined by Shakespeare.
What is a knock knock joke?
400
Hints the author gives to what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
400
The act of watching or looking at something.
What is viewing?
500
The author of "The Alchemist."
Who is Paulo Coehlo?
500
Two words that are contradictory, or that conflict with one another.
What is an oxymoron?
500
A fourteen line poem commonly used by Shakespeare.
What is a sonnet?
500
Type of narrator that is "all knowing."
What is omniscient?
500
Creation of visual messages.
What is representing?
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