Poetry
Vocabulary
Grammar
Figurative Language
Context Clues
100

True or False: All poems need to rhyme.

False

100

What do you call the argument of your essay?

Thesis statement/claim

100

What is an adverb?

A word that describes a verb and sometimes, in some cases, a noun.

100

What figurative language is a comparison of two things using "like" or "as"?

Simile

100

The thought of eating a rat is ABHORRENT to most people.

What does abhorrent mean?

Horrible or nasty

200

What is the "paragraph" of a poem called?

Stanza

200

What the moral/lesson learned in a text called?

Theme

200

Did you see the boy run He is going to the store.

What is missing in the sentence? 

A question mark after boy. 

200

What figurative language describes non-human things with human qualities? 

Personification

200

Over the holidays, families can show their GENEROSITY by donating food to the homeless.

What does generosity mean?

Willingness to give

300

What is the "sentence" of a poem called?

Line

300

What is a conclusion reached by using an educated guess?

Inference

300

Which is the correct spelling?

A. acomplish

B. accomplish

C. accomplissh

D. acomplich


B. accomplish

300

What is figurative language is this an example of: 

The kite danced in the air during the warm breezy day.

Personification
300

When you are arguing or choosing an answer, what do you need to support your point?

EVIDENCE

400

What is a metaphor?

Making a comparison, saying one thing is another.

400

In a text, what is anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true?

Evidence

400

The boy said, I am going to the store.

What is missing?

Quotation marks around what the boy is saying.

400

What are these examples of? 

BOOM! BAM! Bzzzzzzz! Ringgggg!

Onomatopoeia

400

The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.

What does garrulous mean?

talkative

500

What is hyperbole?

Line break

500

What are the points of a plot diagram? Correct order.

1. EXPOSTION

2. RISING ACTION

3. CLIMAX

4. FALLING ACTION

5. RESOLUTION

500

What is the correct way to fix the sentence below:

The teacher Mrs. Hickok teaches 7th grade ELA.


Commas around teacher's name.

The teacher, Mrs. Hickok, teaches 6th grade ELA.

500
What is an allusion?

Making a reference to a well-known person, character, place, or thing. 

500

The teacher summarized the previous chapter of the book before we read the next one.

What does summarized mean?

To give a brief statement of the main points

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