Grammar
Definitions
Context Clues
Literary Devices
Miscellaneous
100
Which point of view would you say, "I ran away" in?
What is 1st person point of view?
100

What do you call a prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

What is a bias?

100
In a game against powerhouse Cornell University, Glickman scored two touchdowns and led Syracuse to a 14-6 upset victory. As a result, the owner of radio station WSYR asked the track and gridiron hero to be a sports broadcaster. What does the term 'gridiron' refer to in the sentences above?
What is football?
100

The following is an example of what kind of figurative language: "Whispering willows wait wistfully."

What is alliteration?

100
What is the literary term for deducing or concluding something using your previous knowledge.
What is to infer or to make an inference?
200
Which part of the word illiterate means "not" or "the opposite of"?
What is the prefix -il?
200
What is the literary term for the main character in film, book, play etc.
What is the protagonist?
200
What is the meaning of 'precariously' in the following sentence? The two cousins had never actually come to blows, but they had come precariously close sometimes.
What is dangerously?
200
What literary device is being used in the following sentence: He definitely has a chip on his shoulder.
What is an idiom?
200
What is the word for a reoccurring element in a story; either a character, symbol, feeling, etc.
What is a motif?
300

Cattail is an example of what type of word?

What is a compound word OR NOUN?

300

Analogy: nuisance is to pest as worry is to

What is "concern"?

300
"Zach was steeling himself for the inevitable confrontation with his cousin." In this context, what does steeling mean?
What is bracing?
300
Which literacy device is "The silence is almost deafening"?
What is an oxymoron?
300

A term for having a deep meaning; meaningful

What is "Profound"?

400
Give an example of an interjection.
What is the statement, "WOW!"
400
What is the word for a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word?
What is a synonym?
400
What is the antonym of the word elaborate in the sentence "Some kind of elaborate practical joke, perhaps"?
What is simple?
400

When a phrase or poem has repeated VOWEL sounds.

What is assonance?

400
Which part of the word 'Profound' means in favor of or supporting?
What is the prefix pro-?
500
What is the correct grammatical order of the following sentence? 

A. The boy is tired, but he'll keep trying.

B. The boy is tired but, he'll keep trying.

C. The boy is tired but he'll keep trying.

What is A.?

500
What would you call the feeling a reader gets from reading a story?
What is the mood of the story?
500
"Is something going to fly out and hit me when we open it?" What can the reader infer about the narrator from the sentence above?
What is that the narrator is nervous?
500
What literary device is used in the following sentence: "I have told you a million times!"
What is a hyperbole?
500

A word meaning doubting or not gullible

What is 'skeptical'?

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