Positive Connotation
Negative Connotation
Literary Terms
Figurative Language
USA
100
limit restrict
What is limit
100
crowd mob
What is mob
100
The time and place of a story
What is setting
100
Comparison using "like" or "as"
What is simile
100
The capital city of Ohio
What is Columbus
200
youngster brat
What is youngster
200
fearful afraid
What is afraid
200
Words that are similar in meaning
What is synonyms
200
Example: The moon was a flashlight shining in the night sky.
What is metaphor?
200
The Great Lake that is Ohio's northern border
What is Lake Erie
300
skinny slim
What is slim
300
obese fat
What is fat
300
The idea or message about life, society or people in a work of fiction
What is theme?
300
Example: My backpack weighs a ton!
What is hyperbole?
300
The state whose nickname is the Lone Star State
What is Texas
400
stupid uneducated
What is uneducated
400
slob untidy
What is slob
400
Specials abbreviations such as PTO, NASA
What is acronyms
400
Example: A big black bug bit a big black bear
What is alliteration?
400
The last 2 states to join the Union
What is Alaska and Hawaii
500
cheap inexpensive
What is inexpensive
500
falsehood lie
What is lie
500
A type of characterization that is not directly stated by the author
What is indirect?
500
Example: The lightning attacked the sky with sharp fingers of strength.
What is personification
500
The U S city that is nicknamed "The Windy City"
What is Chicago
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