Vocabulary
Grammar
Figurative Language
Signposts
Literary Elements
100

If your energy is completely used up, you are (depleted or fragile).

What is depleted?

100

A person, place, thing, or idea.

What is a noun?

100

"The sun smiled down on us."

What is personification?

100

When the author uses numbers or percentages to show important facts. (ex. 3% of people)

What is numbers and stats?

100

The sequence of events in a story.

What is plot?

200

If you are hesitant or unwilling to do something, you are (depleted or reluctant).

What is reluctant?

200

A word that shows an action, like "run" or "jump."

What is an action verb?

200

"I'm so hungry I could eat 20 Playa bowls!"

What is hyperbole?

200

When a character asks a difficult question that reveals something important. (ex. Could I forgive myself?)

What is a tough question?

200

A person or animal in a story.

What is character?

300

Something easily broken or delicate is (fragile or lethargic). 

What is fragile?

300

A word that describes a noun, like "big" or "blue."

What is an adjective?

300

"Her smile was as bright as the sun."

What is a simile?

300

When an older or wiser character gives advice to another character. (ex. Life is not a game.)

What is words of the wiser?

300

Where and when a story takes place.

What is setting?

400

If you feel extremely happy, you are (lethargic or elated).

What is elated?

400

A word that connects words or sentences, like "and" or "but."

What is a conjunction?

400

"The classroom was a zoo during lunch."

What is a metaphor?

400

When something is repeated over and over in a story. (ex. He was so confused, so confused...)

What is again and again?

400

The message or lesson of a story.

What is theme?

500

If you are feeling very tired and sluggish, you are (lethargic or reluctant). 

What is lethargic?

500

A word that describes a verb, telling how, when, or where something happens.

What is an adverb?

500

"Spill the beans" means to tell a secret.

What is an idiom?

500

When the author includes the exact words of an expert, character, or source. (ex. Doctor Eiser stated that "this illness is definitely not contagious.)

What is quoted words?

500

A struggle between opposing forces in a story.

What is conflict?

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