Grammar
Definitions
Context Clues
Literary Devices
Miscellaneous
100
What is the root word of astronomy?
What is astro?
100
Which part of the word illiterate means "not" or "the opposite of"?
What is the prefix -il?
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
What is the word you would use to describe someone saying, "He passed away" instead of "He died"?
What is a euphamism?
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
What kind of noun is 'John' in the following sentence? Ex.) It is John's Car.
What is a possessive noun?
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 would you call the feeling a reader gets from reading a story?
What is the mood of the story?
200
What literary device is being used in the following sentence: He definitely has a chip on his shoulder.
What is an idiom?
300
Which point of view would you say, "I ran away" in?
What is 1st person point of view?
300
Which part of the word 'incompetent' means "not" or "the opposite of"
What is the prefix -in?
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
Give a definition for the word "Profound"
What is having a deep meaning; meaningful
400
Cattail is an example of what type of word?
What is a compound word?
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
What is the word for a reoccurring element in a story; either a character, symbol, feeling, etc.
What is a motif?
400
Which part of the word 'Profound' means in favor of or supporting?
What is the prefix pro-?
500
Give an example of an interjection.
What is the statement, "WOW!"
500
Define Flagrant.
What is something that is clearly wrong?
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
Give the definition of the word, 'skeptical'.
What is doubting or not gullible?
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