Words
Parts of Speech
Word Parts
Spelling
Figuative Language
100
words with opposite meanings
What are antonyms?
100
Words that name a particular person, place, thing, or idea
What is a proper noun?
100
Prefixes and suffixes
What are affixes?
100
a person who is walking or traveling on foot
What is a pedestrian?
100
compares using "like" or "as"
What is a simile
200
Words that mean the same or about the same.
What are synonyms
200
Words that take the place of a noun
What is a pronoun?
200
Pre fix meaning before
What is pre-?
200
A pleasant smell or odor
What is an aroma?
200
Repeated beginning sound
What is alliteration?
300
Words that have the same spelling, but different pronounciations and meanings.
What are homographs?
300
Words that tell what kind, how many, or which one
What is an adjective?
300
prefix meaning not
What is im-, in-, ir-, dis-
300
savage or fierce
What is ferocious?
300
a word that imitates a sound
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Words that have negative, positive, or neutral feelings attached.
What is connotation?
400
Words that join words, clauses, phrases or sentences
What is a conjunction?
400
-est or most
What is superlative?
400
A longing for a certain time in the past
What is nostalgia?
400
an exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
The dictionary meaning of words.
What is denotation?
500
Words that tell how, when where, or to what extent
What is an adverb?
500
a prefix meaning "with"
What is com-?
500
To block or defeat the plans or efforts of
What is thwart?
500
a saying that means something other than it literal meaning
What is an idiom?
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