FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Literary Terms
Grammar
Writing
FUN TRIVIA ABOUT TEACHERS
100
Comparing two things using like or as 

Simile

100

The author's attitude towards a text

Tone

100

A person, place, or thing

noun

100

Always start a sentence with

capital letter

100

How many kids does Mrs. Thompson have?

2

200

Extreme Exaggeration

Hyperbole

200

The moral of a story 

Theme

200

A describing word

adjective 

200

Always end a sentence with 

punctuation

200

How many kids does Mr. Banks have?

1

300

Repetition of consonant sounds that the beginning of a word

Alliteration

300

The time and place in which a story occurs

Setting

300

Tells how, when, where, to what extent and most of the time ends in -ly

adverb

300

Paper format for ELA

MLA

300

How man kids does Coach Tully have?

2

400

Comparing two things not using like or as

Metaphor

400

The perspective the story is told from 

Point of View

400

Action word or state of being 

verb

400

Writing that persuades

Argumentative 

400

What is Mrs. Jill's last name?

Lee

500

Giving human characteristics to non human things

Personification 

500

The part of the plot where the action decreases and leads into the ending 

Falling Action

500

Non specific noun

Common

500

Writing that Entertains

Narrative 

500

What kind of car does Coach T drive? 

Jeep