Essays
Fig Lang
Sentence Structures
Parts of Speech
Miscellaneous
100
Hooks
What is used by all good writers to capture the reader's attention?
100
The fighting Falcons fell in the final game.
What is alliteration?
100
Simple Sentence
What type of sentence has only 1 independent clause?
100
beautiful
What is an adjective?
100

Name a big idea in I am Malala

Answers vary

200
Transition words/phrases
What should be used to help the writing flow?
200
The cozy blanket wrapped its arms around me.
What is personification?
200
Complex sentence
What is a sentence that has a dependent clause plus an independent clause and an AAAWWUUBIS?
200
To read
What is a verb?
200
True or false: Main idea is the theme

False

300
Add reasons/details/facts
How can a writer add depth to their writing?
300
The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their decent to the dark, cold ground.
What is imagery?
300
Conjunction in a compound sentence
What is a FANBOYS (coordinating) conjunction?
300
Quickly
What is and adverb?
300

How many reindeers are there? Name all of them for double points

9


Dasher



Prancer



Comet



Cupid



Vixen



Dancer



Rudolph



Donner



Blitzen


400
Thesis statement
What tells the reader what the essay is about?
400
My brother never sleeps.
What is a hyperbole?
400

Name at least 4 AAAWWUBBIS conjunctions

After

As

Although

While

When

Until

Before

Because

If

Since

400
under
What is a preposition?
400

Name at least 5 text structures

Cause and effect, problem/ solution, definition/concept, sequence, enumeration/listing, generalization, compare/contrast

500
Conclusion
What restates the thesis in a fresh way and relates the writing to the audience and the real world.
500
Learning my math facts is a piece of cake.
What is an idiom?
500

Why is AAAWWUBBIS a comma causer? 

It separates the independent clause from the dependent clause

500
the
What is an article?
500

Stop and smell the roses is an example of what type of figurative language?

What is an idiom that means "take time to enjoy life"?

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