Grammar Slam
What is the conjunction in the sentence?
"Maria and Steve walked in the park"
What is "and"?
What figure of speech is this?
"He’s as sly as a fox."
What is a simile?
What do we call the time and place of a story?
What is the setting?
What does reluctant mean?
What is unwilling or hesitant?
What do we call the turning point of a story?
What is the climax?
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
A) I can’t wait to see the movie, it looks great.
B) I can’t wait to see the movie; it looks great.
What is B?
What’s the metaphor?
"Time is a thief."
What is Time being compared to a thief, implying it moves too fast and "steals" from people?
Define protagonist.
Use the word vivid in a sentence.
"She gave a vivid description of the other woman"
Identify the character trait:
"Even after failing three times, she kept trying."
What is persistent and determined?
What is the subject in this sentence?
"Under the table sat a sleeping cat."
What is "cat"?
Identify the type of figurative language:
"The wind whispered through the trees."
What is the theme of a story?
What’s a synonym for anxious?
What is nervous and worried?
What is foreshadowing?
What are hints about what will happen later in the story?
Identify the verb tense (past, present, future):
"She had been running before it started to rain."
What is past tense?
Define hyperbole and give an example.
What is an exaggeration (I'm so hungry I could eat a horse)?
What type of conflict is “character vs. society”?
What is external conflict?
What’s an antonym for generous?
What’s the difference between mood and tone?
Correct the error:
"Each of the dogs have a collar."
What is "Each of the dogs has a collar"?
What is an idiom? Give one example.
What is An expression not meant to be taken literally, a saying that mean something else (Break a leg!)?
Name and define three points of view.
What is first person (I, me, we), second person (you, your) and third person (he, she it)?
Define meticulous and use it in context.
Based on this quote, what can we infer?
“He shoved his hands deep into his pockets and looked away.”
He may be nervous, upset, or avoiding something