Vocabulary
Literature Terms
Punctuation
Potpourri
Ms. LaVallee
100

A peace lover, someone opposed to war.

What is a pacifist?

100

The person telling the story. 

What is the narrator? 

100

Punctuation placed when setting up a list of items. 

What is a colon? 

100

Name of the greeting at the beginning of a friendly letter. 

What is the salutation? 

100
Years Ms. LaVallee has been teaching.

What is 23? 

200

Someone who stretches their neck in curiosity.

What is a rubbernecker? 

200

Something that stands for or represents something else. 

What is a symbol? 

200

Punctuation used after addressing someone by name. 

What is a comma? 

200

A word or word phrase that tells more about the subject of the sentence.

What is an appositive? 

200

Country Ms. LaVallee lived before moving to New Hampshire.

What is Japan? 

300

Pretending to be ill. 

What is malinger? 

300

Exaggeration for effect. 

What is a hyperbole? 

300

Punctuation used to show possession or ownership?

What is an apostrophe? 

300

Type of art that combines poetry and performance.

What is spoken word poetry?

300
Sport Ms. LaVallee played in college. 

What is basketball? 

400

Something out of place in historical terms.

What is an anachronism? 

400

Repetition of consonant sounds in writing. 

What is alliteration? 

400
Punctuation used in-between two independent clauses closely related in thought or idea. 
What is a semicolon? 
400

Second person pronoun. 

What is you? 

400

Town Ms. LaVallee grew up in in Maine. 

What is Lincoln?

500

Promoting a family member when in a position of power. 

What is nepotism? 

500

The sequence of events in a story? 

What is the plot? 

500
Non-standard punctuation mark used to show an exclamatory question. 

What is an interrobang? 

500

Scottish poet who wrote "Comin' Thro the Rye." 

Who is Robert Burns? 

500

Ms. LaVallee's favorite student in this class. 

What is all of you? 

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