Literary Devices
Elements of Literature
Commonly Confused Words
Grammar
Wild Card
100

comparing two unlike things using like or as

What is simile?

100
the events that make up a story line
What is plot?
100
Which is correct? (aisle, isle) Herman broke a jar of pickles on _____ 7.
What is aisle?
100

a kind of sentence that is an incomplete thought

What is a sentence fragment?

100
an action, event, color, or object that represents something else
What is a symbol?
200
an exaggeration for effect
What is hyperbole?
200
man vs society is this type of conflict
What is external conflict?
200
Which is correct? (irregardless, regardless) Herman is determined to make the bowling team ____________ of what his friends say.
What is regardless?
200

Name the conjunctions better known as FANBOYS

What are For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So?

200
the perspective from which a story is told
point of view
300
using the same letter or sound at the beginning of two or more closely connected words
What is alliteration?
300

the name for the type or category of art, literature, music, or writing

What is genre?
300

Which is correct? A) Herman past all of his classes last semester. B) Herman passed all of his classes last semester.

B
300

Name the sentence error that is made of two complete thoughts run together without proper punctuation.

run-on

300
a short restatement of the main points of a longer work
What is summary?
400
verbal, situational, and dramatic are types of this literary device
What is irony?
400
the person telling the story or the voice an author takes on in order to tell a story
What is a narrator?
400
Which is correct? (their, there, they're) Mr. Pasty was thrilled to assign his class ___________ 100 pages of homework over spring break.
What is their?
400

a group of words that does not have a verb and that adds details to a sentence

What is a phrase?

400

something that a person says or writes that is repeated word for word and that is marked by a specific kind of punctuation

What is a quotation?

500

descriptive language that appeals to the five senses 

What is sensory language or imagery?

500

conversation between two or more characters in a story

What is dialogue?

500

Which is correct? (affect, effect) and (advise, advice)

Because of the negative ______ of too much screen time, I ________ you to get outside and play.

effect, advise

500

Name the eight parts of speech

What are Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Pronoun, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection

500
nonfiction writing can be separated into these four categories
What are expository, narrative, descriptive, persuasive
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