Vocabulary
Sentence Structure
Reading Analysis
Word Riddles
Poetry & Plays
100
This is sunken or thin, rhymes with haunt
What is gaunt?
100
This is part of a sentence.(it's missing a subject or a predicate)
What is fragment?
100
The thin young man in the blue shirt barked to his mother, "Hey Mama! Get your rear in gear. We gotta go." This shows characterization, imagery, foreshadowing, personification
What is characterization
100
personification on a plane
the nose
100
This is to a poem what a paragraph is to an essay.
What is a stanza?
200
a VIP, begins with a d
dignitary
200
The large group of girl scouts stole cookies from the bakery. ---2 prep phrases, what is the subject (DOUBLE)
of girl scouts , from the bakery GROUP
200
The blue skies welcomed the day.
What is personification
200
This is a type of drink and something you would pummel someone with if you boxed
What is punch?
200
Rita was ranting and roaring.
What is alliteration?
300
A new bird. Word.
What is fledgling?
300
You are a good boy, you will get a prize. COMPLETE SENTENCE OR RUN ON?
What is a run-on You are a good boy, and you will get a prize. or You are a good boy. You will get a prize. or Since you are a good boy, you will get a prize.(AAAWWUBBIS)
300
Point of view "I said, get out of this store, now!" the cashier screamed. Soon after she felt horrible and wanted to apologize.
What is 3rd omniscient
300
This is a stream or a sound
creek, creak
300
A poet writes poems, and a ___________ writes plays. (Rod Serling was one of these)
What is a playwright?
400
Opposite of foreign. This clue is not borin
What is indigenous?
400
Leave. (complete, frag., run-on)
What is complete?
400
Make an inference.... She sat in the bleachers with tears in her eyes and a swelling pride in her heart. She remembered the day of his birth. There he stood, with glove in hand. He glanced to both she and his dugout coach. Then he summoned all the strength he had, and delivered the ball. What is the sport? What position does he play? Who is the woman in the stands?
What is baseball, pitcher, Mom
400
This is a greeting for a dignitary or a frozen type of precipitation
hale! hail
400
Sensory details.
What is imagery?
500
society based on males, first syllable is what you must do to buy something
What is patriarchal?
500
There were several of us digging for gold in the mine. SS SP 3 pp
What is several, were digging, of us- in the mine --for gold?
500
Find the figures of speech----(there are 5) DOUBLE!! Mary entered the room and the audience gasped. Her dress was a slice of heaven, and her hair was like spun gold. There was not a sound. She hit the dance floor and broke it down, real hard. The thundering applause brought the house down
What is ....
500
Pedestrians walk on these and a daredevil will perform this
feet feat
500
Sorry, Wrong Number was written during the mystery era when this style of writing was popular
What is hard-boiled, pulp fiction, Black Mask
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