WHAT WE READ
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE and TONE/MOOD
MRS. ESPARZA
PARTS OF SPEECH and GRAMMAR
NAME THAT STUDENT
100

This is the name of the protagonist in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

Who is Junior?
(Or Arnold)

100

This kind of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things.

What is a simile?

100

A member of this boy band kissed Mrs. Esparza on the face.

Who are The Backstreet Boys?

100

Elias doesn't really like to write research papers. In this sentence, PAPERS is an example of this part of speech.

What is a noun?

100
This student has had surgery on their eye.

Who is Ricky?

200

This is the name of the protagonist in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

Who are Tom Robinson and Boo Radley?

200

The mood of a piece of literature expresses the feelings of this person.

Who is me?

200

This is Mrs. Esparza's favorite kind of Doritos.

What is Spicy Nacho?

200

"Please stop drawing inappropriate things all over my room" Mrs. Esparza said. In the sentence, a comma should be placed here.

Where is between "room" and "Mrs."?

200

This student loves green peppers.

Who is Russell?

300

This is the title of a Shakespearean play named for its main character, who defies people's expectations as he leads his country to war with France.

What/who is Henry V?

300

"I have a ton of homework" is an example of this kind of figurative language.

What is a hyperbole?

300

This is the kind of exotic pet Mrs. Esparza had before she met her husband.

What is a tarantula?

300

Landon never sits in his chair; he's always moving around the room! In this sentence, the word SITS is this part of speech.

What is a verb?

300

This student has had seven concussions.

Who is Traytin?

400

This the end of Romeo's famous line: "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and ____."

What is "Juliet is the sun"?

400

This person is responsible for creating the tone of a text.

Who is the author?

400

This is the NFL team Mrs. Esparza worked for/with in college.

Who is the Kansas City Chiefs?

400

Gio loves skiing origami English and tomatoes. This the number of commas needed in this sentence.

What is three?

400

This student would like to be a realtor or a flight attendant when they grow up.

Who is Allyson?
500

This is the nickname of the main character's little brother, who dies, in The Scarlet Ibis.

Who is Doodle?

500

"Oh, it was a piece of cake" is an example of this kind of figurative language.

What is an idiom?

500

This is the number of tattoos Mrs. Esparza has.

What is six?

500

I cannot believe it's the end of the semester! In this sentence, the word I is an example of this part of speech.

What is a pronoun?

500

This student's birthday is November 2.

Who is Alyssa?

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