Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
Analogies
Instruments
State Capitals
100
A type of word that expresses action in a sentence.
What is a verb?
100
A figure of speech in which “like“ and “as” are NOT used to make a comparison.
What is a metaphor?
100
Cat : Purr :: Dog : ___
What is bark?
100
This is Squidward’s favorite instrument.
What is the clarinet?
100
New York
Albany
200
A word that describes a person, place, or thing.
What is an adjective?
200
A figure of speech that makes a comparison with the help of the words “like” or ”as.”
What is a simile?
200
India : Taj Mahal :: ___ : Christ the Redeemer
What is Brazil?
200
This instrument is often confused for a small guitar.
What is the ukulele?
200
California
Sacramento
300
A word that describes an action.
What is an adverb?
300
A technique in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.
What is an alliteration?
300
California : California Quail :: New York : ___
What is eastern bluebird?
300
This is a smaller version of the flute.
What is the piccolo?
300
New Jersey
Trenton
400
A word used in place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
400
A figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
What is a hyperbole?
400
___ : Pine :: Deciduous : Dogwood
What is coniferous?
400
This is the most commonly used Indian drum in Carnatic music.
What is the mridangam?
400
Tennessee
Nashville
500
A word that is placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that modifies another word in the sentence.
example: by, with, about, until
What is a preposition?
500
A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.
What is irony?
500
Guitar : ___ :: Ukulele : Four
What is six?
500
This is an electronic instrument that is controlled without physical contact by the player.
What is the theremin?
500
Wyoming
Cheyenne