Grammar
RACES
Figurative Language
Writing
Parts of Speech
100

When two words are joined to create a new word.

What is a compound word?

100

This part of the method tells the reader your response to a prompt.

What is the answer?

100

Comparing two things using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

100

This writing genre tells a reader details about a topic.

What is informational/explanatory?

100

Used to describe a noun.

What is an adjective?

200

Punctuation used at the end of a sentence when asking a question.

What is a question mark?

200

Turning the question into the beginning of the response.

What is Restate?

200

Giving human qualities to animals or objects.

What is personification?

200

The sequence of events within a story.

What is plot?

200
He, she, her, him, they, and we.
What are pronouns?
300

This is used to separate items in a list, set apart an introductory phrase, and separate dates and addresses.

What is a comma?

300
Showing how your textual evidence supports your idea or answer.
What is the explanation/elaboration?
300

It's raining cats and dogs!

What is an idiom?

300

This writing genre has you convincing the reader with evidence.

What is argumentative?

300

In the sentence 'She finished quickly,' the world 'quickly' is this.

What is an adverb?

400

-ly, -tion,-est, -ance, and -ing are some examples.

What is a suffix?

400

According to paragraph 3, "His eyes were filled with rage, his voice rough with screams of hate."

What is citing evidence?

400

My backpack is a black hole.

What is a metaphor?

400

The problem or struggle within a story.

What is conflict?

400

The words for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so are this part of speech.

What is a conjunction?

500

Am, was, were, being, been, and are

What are the 8 forms of the verb "to be?"

500

Giving the same information using different words at the end of your response.

What is Summarize?

500

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

What is hyperbole?

500

The hero of a story that must resolve a conflict.

What is the protagonist?

500

However, nonetheless, furthermore, and firstly.

 What is a transition?

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