Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Literary Elements
Grammar and Conventions
Reading Comprehension
100

This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using like or as. 

Simile 

100

Context Clues help determine this... 

Word Meaning 
100

What is the universal message or lesson of a narrative? 

Theme 

100

This part of speech describes a noun. 

Adjective 


100

What are the three types of texts/passages? 

Narrative, Informational, Argumentative 

200

This type of figurative language gives human characters to non-human things. 

Personification 

200

What is a word with the opposite meaning? 

Antonym 

200

This is the struggle between two opposing forces. 

Conflict 


200

This part of speech shows action. 

Verb 

200

This is the reason that an author writes a text. 

Author's Purpose 

300

What type of figurative language is the following sentence. 

I am so hungry I could eat a horse. 

Hyberbole 

300

This is the tone of a word (positive or negative feeling). 

Connotation 

300

This is often considered the turning point of the story. 

Climax 

300

Correct the following sentence. 

Their going too the store. 

They're going to the store. 

300

This is the narrator's attitude towards the subject. 

Tone 

400

This type of figurative language includes repeating the beginning sounds in words. 

Alliteration 

400

This is the literal dictionary definition of a word. 

Denotation 

400

This is the narrators position in the story. 

Point of View 

400

This is a sentence that can stand on its own. 

Independent Clause 

400

This is how the reader feels toward a subject. 

Mood 

500

This type of figurative language is a reference to another text, person, or event. 

Allusion 

500

This type of language is used to describe the five senses. 

Sensory Language 
500

This hints about something that will happen later. 

Foreshadowing 

500

This is an incomplete sentence and cannot stand on its own. 

Dependent Clause 

500

This is how the author organizes a text using structures like cause/effect, compare/contrast,  or problem/solution 

Text Structure 
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