What is the conjunction in the following sentence:
"I was going to go to the hockey game, but then I got sick."
What is "but"?
100
The state where "Of Mice & Men" takes place.
What is California?
100
Telling a story from the point of view of one character, using the words "I" or "me".
What is "First Person"?
100
"That piece of pie is calling my name."
What is personification?
100
A three-line poem that has the following pattern: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables.
What is a haiku?
200
Words that sound the same but mean different things.
For example:
"meat" and "meet"
"knew" and "new.
What are homophones?
200
A short story about a boy who spends the weekend skiing with his dad. His dad, separated from his mom and desperate not to upset her more, decides to risk driving on a dangerous road so as not break his promise to have his son home on time.
What is "Powder"?
200
We get to know and understand a character through his or her actions, speech, thoughts and/or appearance.
What is indirect characterization?
200
"My grandma is a wise old owl."
What is a metaphor?
200
When what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
For example, sarcasm.
What is verbal irony?
300
A horrific but common grammar error, as in the following sentence:
"He's a good football player he practices every day."
What is a run-on sentence?
300
A short story about a teenager with an alcoholic dad, a brother he doesn't like, and a bad temper that gets him into trouble.
What is "My Father Had Been Drinking"?
300
A character changes his/her attitude, beliefs or behaviour over the course of the story.
What is a dynamic character?
300
Hiss! Boom! Buzz! Clink! Meow!
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Common expressions that mean something other than the literal definition of the words.
For example, "This is a piece of cake."
What are idioms?
400
Words that connect ideas/paragraphs in an essay, such as "However," "Furthermore," and "In conclusion."
What are transition words?
400
The character who says, “A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick.”
Who is Crooks?
400
A stereotypical character; a flat character who's easily recognized/understood because of their frequent appearance in many different stories.
Examples: Jock; nerd; wise old man; damsel in distress.
What is a stock character?
400
"I've told you a million times."
What is hyperbole?
400
A truth about life or human nature that the author is revealing in a story.
What is theme?
500
A sentence with an independent clause and a subordinate clause.
What is a complex sentence?
500
A short story about a teenager who has trouble at school, blames everyone else for his problems, and eventually runs away from home.
What is "Teenage Wasteland"?
500
A character who has contrasting (opposite) qualities to the main character.
What is a foil?
500
"Hopefully Hannah’s home has heat."
What is alliteration?
500
When the reader/audience knows something a character doesn't.
For example, we know that Truman is living in a show, but he doesn't. We know that his decisions are being manipulated because of this, but he doesn't.