Language
Books, Authors, and Genres
Reading Comprehension
Essay Writing
Miscellaneous
100

What do you call a word that describes a noun?  

What is an adjective?

100

This author wrote "The Cat in the Hat."  

Who is Dr. Seuss?

100

This term refers to the main message or lesson in a story.  

What is the theme?

100

The first paragraph of an essay that introduces the topic is called this.  

What is the introduction?

100

This type of character undergoes significant change throughout the story.  

What is a dynamic character?

200

This punctuation mark is used to show excitement!  

What is an exclamation mark?

200

This famous detective solves mysteries with the help of his friend Watson.

Who is Sherlock Holmes?

200

This type of reading strategy involvesguessing what will happen next.  

What is making predictions?

200

This style requires a Works Cited page at the end of the document. 

What is MLA format?

200

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally is called this.  

What is hyperbole?

300

This part of speech shows action or state of being.  

What is a verb?

300

This character from "Harry Potter" is known for his lightning bolt scar.  

Who is Harry Potter?

300

This term describes the struggle between opposing forces in a story.  

What is conflict?

300

In MLA format, this information is included in the header.  

What is the student’s last name and page number?

300

This device gives human traits to non-human things.  

What is personification?

400

This is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.  

What is a sentence?

400

She wrote "Little Women" and is known for her strong female characters.

Who is Louisa May Alcott?

400

What do you call the time and place where a story happens?

What is the setting?

400

What is the correct size and type of font to use in an MLA formatted essay?

2-point Times New Roman.

400

This civil rights leader said, "I have a dream."  

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

500

What do you call the word that takes the place of a noun?

What is a pronoun?

500

This genre often involves magic and mythical creatures.  

What is fantasy?

500

Who is the person who tells the story in a book or story?

Who is the narrator?

500

How should the lines be spaced in an MLA formatted essay?

What is Double-spaced?

500

I can fly without wings. I can cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness flies. What am I? 

What is a cloud?

600

What is a run-on sentence?

What is a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses without proper punctuation or conjunctions?

600

Stories based on real events fall into this category.  

What is non-fiction?

600

In a story, what do we call the character who faces the main conflict?

Who is the protagonist?

600

What is it called when you copy someone else’s work without giving credit?

What is plagiarism?

600

 I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?  

What is an echo?