Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
The Ransom of Red Chief
A Mother in Manville
Raymond's Run
100
This is the definition of a preposition.
What is a word that connects a noun or pronoun to another part of the sentence?
100
This is the definition of metaphor.
What is a phrase that makes a comparison between to unlike things?
100
The kidnappers decided to take a boy from this town.
What is Summit?
100
This character lied to the narrator about activities with his mother.
Who is Jerry?
100
This is the nickname of the protagonist of the short story Raymond's Run.
Who is Squeaky?
200
This is the definition of an adjective.
What is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun?
200
Spelling the figurative language device where a word's sound suggests its meaning.
What is O-N-O-M-A-T-O-P-O-E-I-A?
200
Johnny changed his name to this.
Who is Red Chief?
200
The narrator lived in this structure.
What is a cabin?
200
These three individuals bullied Raymond and Squeaky.
Who are Gretchen, Mary Louise, and Rosie.
300
This is the definition of an adverb.
What is a word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb?
300
This is the definition of idiom.
What is an expression that means something different that what it says?
300
This individual was nickname "Snake-eye" by Johnny.
Who is Sam?
300
The last line in the short story A Mother in Mannville was this.
What is, "He has no mother. He has no skates."
300
This person bragged about everything coming so easy to her (ie. spelling and playing the piano).
Who is Cynthia Procter?
400
The word "beautifully" is an example of this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
400
These are the three types of irony.
What are verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony?
400
This is how the kidnappers signed the ransom letter.
What is TWO DESPERATE MEN?
400
The setting of this short story, A Mother in Mannville, occurred here.
What is the Carolina mountains?
400
This is a theme of the short story Raymond's Run.
What is...(answers may vary).
500
These words are the conjunctions in the following sentence, "I went to the store for groceries."
What is to, the, and for?
500
The phrase, "it was dark and dim" is an example of this figurative language device.
What is imagery?
500
This is the main idea of the short story The Ransom of Red Chief.
What is...(answers may vary)?
500
This is a moral of A Mother in Mannville.
What is...(answers may vary)?
500
This is Squeaky's full name.
Who is Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker?
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