3rd Grade English/Reading Jeopardy

Parts of a book

100

What part of a book would help a reader understand the meaning of the word contagious?

Glossary

200

A reader wants to learn more about apples. What part of a book would help the reader locate this information?

Index

300

What part of a book would help the reader find more information about plants?

Index

400

A reader wants to find the best way to travel from Mississippi to Florida. Which type of book would help him find this information?

Atlas

500

This part of a book usually includes more information about a topic and the page number where the information can be found.

Index

Figurative Language

100

What do we call a comparison of two unlike things using like or as?

simile

200

What do we call a comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT the use of like or as?

Metaphor

300

What do we call it when we make a thing, idea, or animal do something only a human can do?

Personification

400

"My brother is a pig" is an example of what type of figurative language?

Metaphor

500

"The window winked at me" is an example of what type of figurative language?

Personification

Parts of Speech

100

This part of speech describes a noun or a pronoun

Adjective

200

This part of speech connects a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence

Preposition

300

This part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb

Adverb

400

This part of speech shows excitement or emotion

Interjection

500

This part of speech is the noun that the pronoun in the sentence is referring to

Antecedent

What am I?

100

I am a word that is used to help show the future tense of a verb. What word am I?

will

200

I am a type of sentence that has one subject and two verbs. I have a conjunction, but I cannot have a comma. What type of sentence am I?

Simple sentence with a compound predicate

300

I am the name of a special word that allows you to hear a sound when I say words. Example: buzz. What is my name?

Onomatopeoia

400

I am used when a writer wants to bring his/her ideas alive for a reader. What am I called?

Vivid language

500

I am a type of sentence that gives too much information.

Run-on

Types of Nouns

100

I am a noun that names any kind of person, place, or thing

Common Noun

200

I can be used to replace a noun in a sentence

Pronoun

300

I am a noun that is two or more persons, places, or things

Plural Noun

400

I am a type of noun that is ALWAYS capitalized

Proper Noun

500

I am used to show ownership

Possessive Noun