The formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
What is Onomatopoeia?
100
A technique used by writers such as Patrick Henry, suggestion that their arguments make the answer obvious or self-evident. These questions do not require a reply.
What is a rhetorical question?
100
H-S-T-M-S-R-A-I-C
What is Christmas?
100
Buffalo and Bulldoze are the guide words on a dictionary page. What word would you find on that page? A)Bunk
B)Breeze C)Bugle D)Buzz
What is C)Bugle?
200
How do you spell________?
What is K-I-N-G W-E-N-C-E-S-L-A-S?
200
To show or indicate beforehand; prefigure
What is Foreshadow?
200
A writer's attitude toward his subject, communicated through diction, choice of details, or ditect statements of his or her position. It reflects the feelings of the writer.
What is tone?
200
N-K-A-H-K-U-A-H
What is Hanukkah?
200
The page number or location of specific topics is found in this part of a book.
What is Index?
300
How do you spell____________?
What is K-R-I-S K-R-I-N-G-L-E
300
A cultivated root vegetable derived from Beta vulgaris. Its large white, yellow or orange-yellow swollen roots were developed in the 18th century as a fodder crop for feeding livestock.
What is Mangel-Wurzel?
300
The audience or reader knows information that the characters do not know.
What is dramatic irony?
300
T-A-R-T-I-C-A-N-C-A
What is Antarctica?
300
This reference material will provide you with many different kinds of maps.
What is Atlas?
400
How do you spell_____________?
What is I-C-I-C-L-E-S?
400
A Jewish festival marking the rededication to Judaism of the Temple in Jerusalem in 165 bc and celebrated by the kindling of eight lights.
What is Hanukkah?
400
Who wrote the novel Animal Farm?
Who is George Orwell?
400
R-O-T-H-N L-E-O-P
What is North Pole?
400
A dictionary gives you much more information that just definitions. What are the 3 other categories of information a dictionary will always give?
What are Pronunciation, Syllable Count, and Part of Speech?
500
How do you spell__________?
What is R-O-C-K-E-F-E-L-L-E-R?
500
An explanation of the meaning of a word, phrase, etc. : a statement that defines a word, phrase, etc.
What is Definition?
500
Who wrote the poem"The Raven?"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
500
Z-A-A-A-N-W-K
What is Kwanzaa?
500
When looking up the word "happy", the thesaurus puts the word "glad" in the rel. section. What does rel. mean?