Literature
This is the main character of a story, the one the plot usually focuses on.
What is the protagonist?
This type of phrase has a meaning different from the literal words, such as “break the ice.”
What is an idiom?
This is the name for a number that can only be divided by 1 and itself.
What is a prime number?
This refers to when and where a story takes place.
What is the setting?
This word describes a word or phrase that reads the same forward and backward, like “racecar.”
What is a palindrome?
This is the only natural satellite of Earth.
What is the Moon?
The most exciting or intense moment in a story where the main conflict reaches its peak.
What is the climax?
These are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings, such as there, their, and they’re.
What are homophones?
This is the longest river in the world, flowing through northeastern Africa.
What is the Nile River?
This part of a story introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.
What is the exposition?
A humorous use of a word that has two meanings or sounds like another word.
What is a pun?
This inventor is famous for developing the practical electric light bulb and holding over 1,000 patents.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This type of irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
A word created by blending two words together, like brunch from breakfast and lunch.
What is a portmanteau?
The Olympic symbol has five interlocking rings representing these five places.
What are Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania?