Figurative Language
Informational Text
Story Elements
Grammar
Vocabulary
100

The boy was as brave as a lion in the jungle.

Simile

100

The author's main point or message about a topic.

Central Idea

100

The message, lesson, or moral of the story.

Theme

100

Identify the verb in the following sentence: 

"She slowly walked into the room".

walked

100

Not related in any way to the subject at hand.

irrelevant

200

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Alliteration

200

Important pieces of information that support a text's main idea.

Key Details

200
The POV that describes the story as outsider, watching the story as it happens (he, she, they, etc.)

3rd Person

200

True or False:

Adjectives can describe any noun.

True

200

Heard or able to be heard.

audible
300

My heart danced when I saw the puppy.

Personification
300

"It is often said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but this isn't true. Go ask forest rangers. Rangers who spend their summers as fire-fighters will tell you that every thundershower brings several bolts of lightning to their lookout stations."

Name the main idea.

It is often said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

300

The part of the story when a conflict is resolved.

Resolution

300

How many nouns are in this sentence:

"Jimmy is the master of disaster."

3 (Jimmy, master, & disaster)

300

To say the opposite of something; to deny the truth about something; to deny or disagree with what is being said by someone; to not agree with something in a way that shows or suggests that it is wrong.

contradict

400

These shoes are absolutely killing me!

Hyperbole

400

Like a dictionary, usually found in the back of the book.

Glossary

400

This type of conflict occurs if a character is struggling with self-esteem issues.

Character-vs.-Self
400

Correct the punctuation:

what in the world is going on here i have never seen a more rainier day in my life? 

What in the world is going on here? I have never seen a rainier day in my life!

400

To secretly plan with someone to do something that is harmful or illegal; to happen in a way that produced bad or unpleasant results.

conspire

500

Pencils are a dime a dozen.

Idiom

500

"The boy missed the bus because he overslept. Name the effect."

Name the cause, and name the effect.

Cause: the boy overslept.

Effect: He missed the bus.

500

The main character in a story is the ________________, who typically endures conflict with an __________________.

Protagonist; Antagonist
500

Correct the grammar:

witch way is the beach. it is april vacation and I am out of here Mr. branco said as he packed his suitcase? 

"Which way is the beach? It is April vacation and I am out of here," Mr. Branco said as he packed his suitcase.

500

A state of having very different feelings (such as love and hate) about someone or something at the same time.

ambivalence

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