Fiction
Non-fiction
Language devices
Vocabulary
Punctuation
100

What literary term refers to the sequence of events in a story, including the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?

What is the plot?

100

What is the central point or purpose of a non-fiction text, supported by evidence and details?

What is the main idea?

100

What device compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"?

What is a simile?

100

What is the root word meaning "life" in words like biology and autobiography?

What is bio?

100

What punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list?

What is a "comma"?

200

 In literature, what term describes the perspective from which a story is told?

What is point of view?

200

When an author writes to teach readers about a specific topic, what is the purpose of their writing called?

What is to inform?

200

What device gives human qualities to non-human objects or abstract ideas?

What is personification?

200

 What is the Greek root meaning "to hear"?

What is "aud" or "audi"?

200

In dialogue, what punctuation mark is used to indicate a speaker's exact words?

What are "quotation marks"?

300

What is the central lesson or insight about life that a story conveys?

What is theme?

300

In a non-fiction text, what organizational pattern presents information by listing examples or details in a particular order?

What is chronological order?

300

What device is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words?

What is alliteration?

300

What prefix means "within" or "inside"?

What is "intra"?

300

In compound sentences, what punctuation mark is used before the coordinating conjunction?

What is a "comma"?

400

In "The Hunger Games," this type of conflict is prevalent throughout the story as Katniss Everdeen struggles against the oppressive Capitol.

What is "man versus society"?

400

What type of statement can be proven to be true or false based on evidence?

What is a fact?

400

What device is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms?

What is an oxymoron?

400

What is the Greek root meaning "to see"?

What is "vis or vid"?

400

What punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction?

What is a "semi-colon"?

500

 In "Romeo and Juliet," this literary device occurs when the audience knows Juliet is not actually dead, but Romeo believes she is.

What is dramatic irony?
500

When a writer's opinion influences how they present information in a non-fiction text, what is this called?

What is bias?

500

What device is a reference to a well-known person, event, or piece of literature?

What is an allusion?

500

What prefix means "under" or "below"?

What is "sub"?

500

What punctuation mark is used to indicate possession or to form contractions?

What is an "apostrophe"?