Grammar
The part of speech that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
Name this figurative language: "The classroom was a zoo."
What is a metaphor?
What is an antonym?
This is the term for the problem in the story.
What is a conflict?
In Hatched, the plane crashed and left Brian stranded in the wilderness because of this.
What is the pilot having a heart attack and dying mid-flight?
The part of speech that replaces a noun.
What is a pronoun?
Giving human qualities to to objects is called ____.
The root bio- means _____.
What is life?
This is the turning point, or most exciting moment in the story.
What is the climax?
Name Kira's special talent that sets her apart in Gathering Blue.
What is weaving and threading?
Correct this sentence: "Their going too the park."
What is "They're going to the park"?
Name this figurative language: "The kids from Glacier View were like fish out of water in New York City."
What is a simile?
Peek, peak, and pique are examples of ____.
What are homophones?
The narrator in a story using he, she, or they.
What is third-person point of view?
The main reason the community eliminated emotions and and memories in The Giver.
What is to maintain sameness, avoid pain, and keep society under control?
The type of sentence that gives a command.
What is an imperative sentence?
"Boom!" and "Crash!" are examples of this.
What is onomatopoeia?
The Greek root chron- means _____.
What is time?
The literary element used when an author gives hints about future events in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
The genre of Brown Girl Dreaming.
What is a memoir? or What is a novel in verse?
Define the two parts in this sentence: "Because Maya studied hard she earned an A on her test."
What are dependent and indpendent clauses?
Name the figurative language in this sentence: "After scoring the winning basket, Peter walked through the halls like he was LeBron James."
What is an allusion?
Define the word: Despite the chaotic scene, the firefighter remained composed.
What is calm and in control?
This literary element occurs when the audience knows something a character does not.
What is dramatic irony?
The important discovery that Turtle Wexler makes to solve the Mystery in The Westing Game.
What is Barney Northrup, Sam Westing, Julian R. Eastman, and Sandy McSouthers are all the same person?