LITERARY TERMS
ANTIGONE
NOUNS
VERBS
PUNCTUATION
100
fundamental unit of length in the metric system
What is meter
100
Antigone
Who is the main character
100
person, place, or thing
What is a noun
100
any member of a class of words that function as the main elements
What is a verb
100
point of completion of a round of time or of the time during something lasts or happens
What is period
200
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc..
What is tone
200
Creon
Who is the King of Thebes
200
name used for an individual person, place, or organization, spelled with initial capital letters
What is proper noun
200
The dog ran fast: ran
What is the verb in the sentence
200
sign a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence
What is comma
300
highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something
What is climax
300
death
What was the punishment for disobeying Creon's Law?
300
noun that may be preceded by and article or other limiting modifier
What is common noun
300
verbs that specifically describe what the subject of the sentence is doing
What is action verbs
300
mark indicating a question
What is question mark
400
surroundings or environment of anything
What is setting
400
to be in imprisoned in a cave
What was Antigone's punishment
400
noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object
What is abstract noun
400
any verb whose past tense and past participle are not formed by adding -ed, -d, or -t to the present tense
What is irregular verb
400
punctuation mark used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items
What is semicolon
500
to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through expectedness
What is surprise
500
She hung herself
How did Antigone kill herself?
500
words written together, words that are hyphenated, or separate words that go together
What is compound nouns
500
word used as the final verb in a verb phrase, expressing the lexical meaning of a verb phrase
What is main verb
500
one of the marks used to indicate beginning and end of a quotation
What is quotation marks
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