Literary Genres
Poetry
Parts of Speech
Authors
Punctuation
100
Informational texts, How-to books, Reference books, Essays and Biographical writings
What is non-fiction?
100
Shakespeare wrote these.
What are sonnets?
100
person, place, thing, idea
What are nouns?
100
Writer of "The Cat in the Hat."
Who was Dr. Seuss?
100
This goes at the end of a question.
What is a question mark?
200
A fictional story, often set in the present, that has realistic setting, characters, and plot.
What is Realistic Fiction?
200
The haiku is originally from here.
What is Japan?
200
run, talk, swim, believe, be
What are verbs?
200
Writer of "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet."
Who was Shakespeare?
200
It's between hours and minutes.
What is a colon?
300
A fictional story set in the past
What is Historical Fiction?
300
A haiku has this many lines.
What is 3?
300
in, inside, into
What are prepositions?
300
Writer of the Goosebumps series.
Who is R.L. Stine?
300
Used when copying someone's words exactly.
What are quotation marks?
400
A fictional story that revolves around discovering secrets or solving crimes.
What is a mystery?
400
Poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form.
What is free verse?
400
either, or
What are conjunctions?
400
Writer of the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" series
Who is Lemony Sinicket?
400
Used to separate lists or elements in a sentence.
What are commas?
500
A folk tale that is considered sacred and that attempts to explain how things came to be.
What is a myth?
500
"The bathroom sink drip-drips, drip-drips," is an example.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
Hey!
What are interjections?
500
Writer of "The 50th Law."
Who is 50 cent.
500
In England, they call this a "full stop."
What is a period?
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