Spelling Bee
This word describes when something happens unexpectedly, like a car crash or a spill.
accident
This figure of speech says something is something else, like ‘time is money.’
Metaphor
From Latin for “to write,” this tool is used to take notes or do homework.
Pencil
In Harry Potter, this house-elf speaks in third person, adores socks, and sacrifices himself to save his friends.
Dobby
Narrative, Persuasive, Informative, Descriptive
Types of writing
You might use this adverb to describe something that happens now and then, but not regularly.
occasionally
This is when something not human is made to act or feel like a person.
Personification
From Italian for “little house”, we use the word to mean a gambling establishment.
Casino
In Matilda, this cruel headmistress once threw a student by her pigtails and locked children in the Chokey.
Miss Trunchbull
Adventure, Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
Genres
A word for something that cannot be avoided or prevented.
Inevitable
This is a sound word that imitates the noise it describes, like buzz or crash.
onomatopoeia
From Japanese for “empty orchestra”, this popular activity involves singing along to recorded music.
Karaoke
In Animal Farm, Boxer is one of these beasts, a dedicated laborer eventually exploited & sent to a glue factory.
A horse
Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet, King Lear
Shakespeare's tragedies
This is what you call a person who studies ancient cultures through artifacts.
Archaeologist
This term refers to an expression that doesn’t mean what the words literally say, like ‘kick the bucket.
Idiom
From Greek for “rule by the people,” this word is a cornerstone of modern political systems.
Democracy
In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, this person betrays their siblings for Turkish Delight.
Edmund
Sonnet, Haiku, Limerick, Free Verse
Types of poems
This word means something is so similar to something else that you can’t tell them apart.
indistinguishable
When something represents a bigger idea, like emotional turmoil.
Symbolism
From Arabic for “the reunion of broken parts”, this math term refers to solving equations with unknowns.
Algebra
In The Hunger Games, this younger tribute from District 11 reminds Katniss of her sister and is killed in the arena.
Rue
Romanticism, Victorian, Modernism, Renaissance
Major literary periods