Add-A-Letter
Adding a letter somewhere to the word AS forms this new word which means "a small poisonous snake of Egypt."
What is ASP?
This word, spelled differently, but sounding the same as BASED means "to wet meat with liquid during cooking".
What is BASTE?
This type of figurative language gives clues or hints about something that will happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
Dropping a letter from the word DRANK forms this new word which means "a row, series, or standing."
What is RANK?
This is usually used for giving instructions.
What is SECOND-PERSON?
Adding a letter somewhere to the word PURE forms this new word which means "a paste or thick liquid made from cooked or ground food".
What is PUREE?
This word, spelled differently, but sounding the same as SYMBOLS means "a pair of brass plates that make a ringing sound".
What is CYMBALS?
This is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
What is a simile?
Dropping a letter from the word CUBE forms this new word which means "the long rod used to propel a billiard ball."
What is CUE?
In this type of writing, the narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
What is THIRD-PERSON LIMITED?
Adding a letter somewhere to the word ZONE forms this new word which means "a form of oxygen formed naturally in the upper atmospere".
What is OZONE?
This word, spelled differently, but sounding the same as PRAISE means "addresses words to God or an idol".
What is PRAYS?
This is when you use words that imitate the sounds of the thing your are describing.
What is onomatopoeia?
Dropping a letter from the word FRACTION forms this new word which means "a clique or dissension within a group."
What is FACTION?
In this type of writing, the narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters.
What is THIRD-PERSON OMNISCIENT?
Adding a letter somewhere to the word REAL forms this new word which means "suitable for a king".
What is REGAL?
This word, spelled differently, but sounding the same as RAIN means "to rule or govern as a king".
What is REIGN?
An example is: He is a walking encyclopedia.
What is a metaphor?
Dropping a letter from the word IRON forms this new word which means "an atom carrying a positive or negative charge."
What is ION?
In this type of writing, the narrator only tells the reader what the characters are saying and doing.
What is THIRD-PERSON OBJECTIVE?
Adding a letter somewhere to the word SAVAGE forms this new word which means "that which is saved from a wreck, a fire, etc."
What is SALVAGE?
This word, spelled differently, but sounding the same as I'LL means "a passageway (as in a theatre) separating sections of seats".
What is AISLE?
This is when a character is speaking to someone who is not present or something that cannot talk back.
What is apostrophe?
Dropping a letter from the word TIGER forms this new word which means "one of a series of rows placed one above another."
What is TIER?
In this type of writing, the narrator is a part of the story.
What is FIRST-PERSON?