Vocabulary Adjectives
Civil War
Poetry
Parts of Speech
Writing Decorations
100
fortelling evil; threatening
What is "ominous"?
100
This was the secret route used to help slaves reach freedom in the north.
What is the Underground Railroad?
100
This poem, written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is set at the beginning of the Revolutionary War
What is "Paul Revere's Ride?"
100
This type of word names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
100
This literary device uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two things.
What is a simile?
200
dull boring bland
What is insipid?
200
Known as "Moses," this woman is the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
This American poet wrote "The Raven."
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
200
This type of word modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
200
This literary device describes something by calling it something else.
What is a metaphor?
300
not happy or content
What is disgruntled?
300
This man invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
300
This is the only word the Raven could utter.
What is "Nevermore?"
300
This type of word joins words, phrase, or clauses.
What is a conjunction?
300
This poetic device puts two or more words close together that have the same beginning sound.
What is alliteration?
400
very difficult laborious
What is arduous?
400
This presidential speech was delivered at the site of a battle.
What is The Getyysburg Address?
400
Emma Lazarus wrote "The New Colossus" in dedication of this centennial gift
What is the Statue of Liberty?
400
This type of word is not related to the rest of the sentence but conveys emotion or surprise.
What is an interjection?
400
This literary device gives human characteristics to things or ideas.
What is personification?
500
reluctant to talk to people silent
What is taciturn?
500
This song about the Big Dipper was used to alert slaves that it was time to escape.
What is "Follow the Drinking Gourd?"
500
"The Road Not Taken" was written by one of America's most popular poets.
Who is Robert Frost?
500
This type of word relates a noun or pronoun to another word and is usually found in a phrase.
What is a preposition?
500
This literary device puts words in sequence or in close proximity that have the same internal vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
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