Different types of literary texts
(ex. fiction, autobiography, fantasy, etc.)
A. Descriptive Texts
B. Genre
C. Fluency
B. Genre
100
The repetition of a leading CONSONANT sound in neighboring words (She Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore)
A. Alliteration
B. Passage
C. Prepositions
A. Alliteration
100
A piece of literature written in meter; verse
A. Non-fiction
B. Fantasy
C. Poetry
C. Poetry
100
Pronouns used to ask a question.
( ex: what, which, who, whom, whose)
A. Interrogative Pronouns
B. Direct Pronouns
C. Abstact Nouns
A. Interrogative Pronouns
100
A word or phrase that renames or identifies a noun (Dr. Kashmanian, THE PRINCIPAL AT OUR SCHOOL, is really smart.)
A. Appositive
B. Similie
C. Synonym
A. Appositive
200
Clear, easy, and quick written or spoken expression of ideas
A. Verb
B. Fluency
C. Genre
B. Fluency
200
Words that are spelled and pronounced the same but have different meaning
(bank)
A. Hyperbole
B. Similie
C. Homonym
C. Homonym
200
Conclusion made from facts in the text that are suggested or implied rather than directly stated, combined with personal knowledge
A. Inference
B. Estimate
C. Affix
A. Inference
200
It is dependent on another clause for meaning - it can't stand alone
(ex. In the morning,...)
A. Proper Noun
B. Hyperbole
C. Dependent Clause
C. Dependent Clause
200
A meaningful part of a word that is attached before (prefix) or after (suffix) a root or base word to modify its meaning (ex. unhappy, happiness)
A. Idiom
B. Homonym
C. Affix
C. Affix
300
Comparison in which one thing is described as being something else; does NOT use the words "like" or "as"
(ex. His eyes are pools of sparkling blue water.)
A. Homophone
B. Synonym
C. Metaphor
C. Metaphor
300
Words having the same pronunciation but different meaning and spelling
(knew/new)
A. Affix
B. Pronoun
C. Homophone
C. Homophone
300
The part of speech that expresses action (run/jump)
or being (is/was)
A. Adjective
B. Verb
C. Noun
B. Verb
300
Ideas, feelings, or qualities (love, kindness, fear, anger, imagination)
A. Coordinating Conjunctions
B. Abstract Nouns
C. Metaphor
B. Abstract Nouns
300
Words like: above, below, in, over, under, beside, etc.
(ex. Your school bag is BEHIND the door.)
A. Verb
B. Preposition
C. Conclusion
B. Preposition
400
A comparison of two things using the word "like" or "as".
(ex. He is as tall as a tree. The puppy looks like an angel.)
A. Antonym
B. Homonym
C. Similie
C. Similie
400
Figure of speech where extreme exaggeration is used for emphasis or comic effect
(ex. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!)
A. Hyperbole
B. Similie
C. Antonym
A. Hyperbole
400
A word that is associated with a sound (squeak/splat)
A. Similie
B. Onomotopoeia
C. Noun
B. Onomotopoeia
400
A clause that can stand alone as a complete thought; it is a
complete sentence.
(ex. I went to the store and bought some bread.)
A. Conjunction
B. Independent Clause
C. Dependent Clause
B. Independent Clause
400
A cause that attracts increasing numbers of followers;
persuasive device
A. Bandwagon
B. Party
C. Gathering
A. Bandwagon
500
A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words
A. Preposition
B. Synonym
C. Antonym
B. Synonym
500
An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of the words
(ex. "kick the bucket", "raining cats and dogs")
A. Assonance
B. Genre
C. Idiom
C. Idiom
500
Words that connect or join other words, phrases, or clauses - helps combine two sentences to make one
(FANBOYS: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
A. Concrete Nouns
B. Coordinating Conjuctions
C. Fluency
B. Coordinating Conjuctions
500
Pronouns that point out which one.
(ex. This, That, These, Those)
A. Pronoun
B. Adverb
C. Demonstrative Pronouns
C. Demonstrative Pronouns
500
Organizers of written materials such as indexes, prefaces, appendices, definitional footnotes, sidebars, tables of contents, illustrations or photographs
A. Text Features
B. Symbols
C. Genres