Protagonists
Parts of Speech
Setting
Vocabulary
Figurative Language

100

She told the boy , "You a lie."

Who is Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones?

100

This is a  name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  

What is a noun?

100

This rocky island is isolated for a reason.

What is Alcatraz?

100

This means extreme physical or mental suffering. 

What is agony?

100

I use like or as to compare two things. 

What is a simile?

200

He found himself stranded in a plane with a dead pilot.

Who is Brian Robeson?

200

This is word used in place of a noun. 

What is a pronoun?

200

It made life very unpleasant and smelly. 

What is London?

200

This word means  easily combustible small sticks or twigs used for starting a fire. 

What is kindling?

200

The repetition of the same first letter or sound pleases the ear. 

What is alliteration?

300

She watched as her town was destroyed to satisfy Boston's "big thirst".

Who is Sally Jane?

300

This expresses action or being. 

What is a verb?

300

This small town didn't seem to like modern art.

What is Woodstock, England?

300

Trees often are knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age. 

What is gnarled?

300

This is a statement that compares two things that are not alike. 

What is a metaphor?

400

She fell in love with a hairy guy.

Who is Beauty?

400

This modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. 

What is an adjective?

400

I welcomed people from all over the world and kept a few too. 

What is Ellis Island?

400

I mean to  feel or show triumphant elation or jubilation. 

What is exult?

400

This is the attribution of human characteristics to non-living objects.

What is personification?

500

At 13, he was certainly the youngest in his position. 

Who is Judson Moon?

500

This  modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. 

What is an adverb?

500

This isolated place is full of ancient rock. 

What is the Canadian Shield?

500

This is an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jewish people in Russia or eastern Europe. 

What is a pogrom?

500

I  name something or an action by imitating the sound associated with it. 

What is onomatopoeia?