Grammar & Parts of Speech
A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
A word with the opposite meaning of another.
What is an antonym?
The author of Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
The sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
A word that shows an action, state, or occurrence.
What is a verb?
Words that sound alike but have different meanings (e.g., “pair” and “pear”).
What are homophones?
The central message or underlying idea of a story.
What is the theme?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
A reference to a famous person, place, or event in literature.
What is an allusion?
Words like “and,” “but,” and “or” belong to this part of speech.
What is a conjunction?
A word formed by combining the beginning of one word and the end of another (e.g., “smog”).
What is a portmanteau (or blend)?
A struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
A statement that can be argued and supported in an essay.
What is a thesis statement?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
The difference between “who” and “whom” is based on this grammatical role.
What is subject vs. object?
The prefix “bio-” comes from Greek and means this.
What is life?
A character who contrasts with another to highlight qualities.
What is a foil?
A question asked for effect, not meant to be answered.
What is a rhetorical question?
A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
What is irony?
The verb form that ends in “-ing” and functions as a noun.
What is a gerund?
A figure of speech where something is exaggerated for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences.
What is syntax?
The use of symbols to represent ideas or concepts.
What is symbolism?