Vocabulary
Adjectives
Nouns
STEAL
Wild Card
100

A person who gives money or gifts to charities.

Who is a philanthropist? 

100

Catholic school. In this phrase, Catholic is an example of this...

What is a proper adjective?

100

The boy ran under the ladder. In this sentence, the noun acting as the subject is...

What is boy?

100

In the acronym, the S stands for this.

What is speech?

100
The sensory language words buttery, spicy, and salty appeal to this human sense.

What is taste?

200

This word means worthy of attention or interest.

What is notable?

200

The cake is delicious. In this sentence, delicious is an example of this kind of adjective that comes after a linking verb.

What is a predicate adjective?

200

Golden Gate Bridge is an example of what kind of noun?

What is a proper noun?

200

This element of STEAL has to do with how others in the story are impacted by the character described.

What is Effect on Others?

200

This word means to take place after or as a result.

What is ensue?
300

This word means a conversation between two persons.

What is dialogue?

300

I ate true Japanese food when I went to Japan. 

In this sentence, this word is the proper adjective.

What is Japanese?

300

A noun that is a person, place or thing that is tangible (something you can touch) is called...

What is a concrete noun?
300

This part of STEAL is sometimes written in italics in a text, signaling that a character is expressing these to him/herself.

What are thoughts?

300

Her red hair framed a heart-shaped face and the most startling blue-green eyes. 

The author is using which type of characterization to describe the girl?

What is direct characterization?

400

This word means to refuse to go along with.

What is disobey?

400

The restless child ran in dizzy circles before running into the clear glass coffee table. 

There are this many adjectives in the above sentence.

What is 5?

400

The word schoolhouse is an example of 

What is a compound noun?

400

You have to pay close attention to this aspect of STEAL because sometimes characters do the wrong thing for the right reasons. 

What is actions?

400

This word means to be in opposition to.

What is contradict?

500

This word means a way of looking at situations or topics.

What is perspective?

500

In the case of  hot dog, neither word is an adjective; together, they are this part of speech instead.

What is a compound noun?

500

A person, place or thing that is intangible (something that you cannot touch) is this type of noun. 

What is an abstract noun?

500

This element of STEAL is sometimes misleading, because a physical description of a character may not represent who they truly are.

What is looks?

500

Herd, class, crowd, mob, throng, and flock are all examples of this kind of noun 

What is a collective noun?

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