Grammar Gurus
This part of speech describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
Who wrote Harry Potter
Who is J.K.Rowling?
A synonym for “happy.”
What is joyful?
The play where two star-crossed lovers meet in Verona.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
A sentence that gives a command.
What is an imperative sentence?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
The author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who is Harper Lee?
The opposite of “expand.”
What is contract?
The king who asks, “Is this a dagger which I see before me?”
Who is Macbeth?
The tense used in “She had finished her homework.”
What is past perfect tense
A phrase that means more than its literal words, like “kick the bucket.”
What is an idiom?
The dystopian novel featuring Big Brother.
What is 1984 by George Orwell?
A word meaning “to examine closely.”
What is scrutinize?
The mischievous fairy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Who is Puck?
A word that connects clauses, like “although” or “because.”
What is a conjunction?
A recurring idea or symbol in a text.
What is a motif?
The poet who wrote The Raven.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
A word meaning “extremely old-fashioned.”
What is archaic?
The tragic hero who delays avenging his father’s death.
Who is Hamlet?
The difference between “its” and “it’s.”
“Its” shows possession; “it’s” means “it is.”
The difference between metaphor and symbolism.
A metaphor is a direct comparison; symbolism is when an object represents an idea.
The novel where Holden Caulfield narrates his teenage struggles.
What is The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger?
A word meaning “to make something less severe.”
What is mitigate?
The Shakespearean play set on a magical island with Prospero.
What is The Tempest?