Grammar
This punctuation mark can separate items in a list or clauses in a sentence.
comma
What is the verb in this sentence: "The dog barked loudly?"
barked
A comparison using like or as.
Simile
Who is the author of The Maze Runner?
James Dashner
What does the prefix "un-" mean?
not
What are three prepositions?
under, between, through, in, around, above, over and many more
What part of speech describes a noun?
adjective
Giving human qualities to objects is called what?
personification
What genre includes dragons, magic, and imaginary worlds?
Fantasy
The root “tele” means this, as in “telephone” and “television.”
What is “far” or “distance”?
This punctuation mark shows strong feeling.
Exclamation Point
In the following sentence, what part of speech is "wow?"
"Wow! That movie was amazing."
interjection
“The classroom was a zoo” is an example of what?
Metaphor
Who is the villain in Small Spaces?
The Smiling Man
The Latin root “bio” means this.
life
"Your" and "you're" are examples of these kinds of words.
Homophones
This type of word takes the place of a noun.
Pronoun
The reference to a well-known person, movie, era, historical figure, or literature is this.
allusion
Who wrote The Hunger Games?
Suzanne Collins
These two words sound the same but have different meanings and spellings: “flower” and “flour.
homophones
run-on sentence
In this sentence, "Maria quickly ran home," this is the adverb.
quickly
“It’s raining cats and dogs” is an example of this type of figurative language because the phrase does not literally mean animals are falling from the sky.
idiom
Rick Riordan wrote about a boy who discovers he is the son of Poseidon.
The Lightning Thief
What is a modern slang term that means suddenly ignoring someone or stopping communication?
ghosting