Figurative Language
Poetry
Vocabulary
Grammar
Story Elements
100
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics
What is personification
100
Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is simile
100
An agreement between individuals or parties
What is PACT
100
What is this an example of: and, or, nor but, yet, so
What is a CONJUNCTION
100
The sequence of events in a story
What is Plot
200
When a word imitates its sound
What is onomatopoeia
200
When there is no set rhyme scheme or number of lines
What is Free Verse
200
To ruin or destroy; cause extensive or serious damange
What is RAVAGE
200
Which sentence is correct: 1.) "Look out below!" yelled the construction worker. 2.) "Look out below"! yelled the construction worker.
What is #1
200
The time, location, weather and/or time period in which a story takes place
What is Setting
300
The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
300
What is the rhyme scheme for the stanza: The boy went to bat He was wearing his baseball hat He swung really hard The ball dropped like lard
What is AABB
300
Capable of being physically or emotionally hurt or wounded
What is VULNERABLE
300
What is parallelism?
What is when a sentence has equal structure Ex: Today I will go to the park, library and zoo.
300
Name one type of point of view
First person (I, me), Second person (you), Third person (he, she, it, they)
400
An exaggeration
What is hyperbole
400
A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor
400
Abrupt
What is sudden or unexpected
400
What is an APPOSITIVE?
What is a noun or pronoun placed next to another noun or pronoun to give additional information about it
400
Names for the central character (good guy) who drives the plot forward and his/her opposition (the bad guy)
Protagonist, Antagonist
500
Indirectly referencing something literary, historical, pop culture, etc.
What is allusion
500
The poet who wrote "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
Who is Shel Silverstein
500
METICULOUS
What is extreme or excessive in the consideration or treatment of details
500
Are the names of seasons capitalized?
What is NO
500
Name the five parts of the plot triangle
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
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