Vocabulary
Writing
and grammar
Story Elements
Literary Devices
Story Trivia
100

What is the definition of opals?

semi-precious gemstones

100

What is the word we give to incomplete sentences?

sentence fragment

100

What is another word for conflict?

complication

100

What is the word we use when we give a nice word to something unpleasant?

euphemism

100

At what time every night did the crazy guy look into the old man's room?

twelve; midnight

200

Which letter is silent in the word "vehemently?"

H

200

An ___________ is an opinion statement.

assertion

200

What is the word for the overall tone of a story?

atmosphere

200

Irony can be situational, verbal, or ____________

dramatic

200

The student in "The Nightingale and the Rose" was dumped for the Chamberlain's ___________

nephew

300

Which vocabulary word means "worried" or "troubled?"

vexed

300

Spell the plural of quiz.

q-u-i-z-z-e-s

300

What is another word for a flat character?

static or one-dimensional

300

What is the word we use for verbal irony?

Sarcasm

300

What was the colour of the roses growing around the sun dial?

yellow

400

Which vocabulary word is a farming tool?

scythe

400

Besides a period, what punctuation mark can fix a run-on sentence?

a semi-colon

400

What point of view is commonly used by newspaper reporters?

objective

400

What do we call purposeful repetition of vowel sounds within a word or phrase?

assonance

400

In "The Tell-Tale Heart" the crazy guy kills the old man buy dragging a __________ over him.

bed

500

One of our vocabulary words is a 3-letter word.  What is it?

awe

500

an extreme dialect of a language, where we can barely understand that it is the same language, is called 

patois

500

Character can be established through description, actions, and _____________

dialogue

500

The way words or sentences are arranged is called ____________

syntax

500

Which animal was the cynic in "The Nightingale and the Rose?"

the lizard