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Popular Literature
Literary Techniques
Grammar
Vocabulary
Mixed Bag
100
First name Joanne, she is the author of a series of seven fantasy novels.
Who is JK Rowling?
100
The comparison of one to another using "like" or as"
What is a simile?
100
Words that add more description to nouns
What is an adjective?
100
A text about a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
100
A genre that encompasses futuristic elements in its characters, setting or plot.
What is science fiction?
200
Composer of Middle Earth, creator of Faramir and Pippin.
Who is JRR Tolkien?
200
Uses "I" or "me", where the character also acts as the narrator.
What is first-person narrative?
200
Parts of a word attached at the end to change singular to plural or from present to past tense.
What is a suffix?
200
Words that imitate sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
A word with an opposite meaning to another.
What is an antonym?
300
Suzanne Collins' most famous work about an annual televised death match.
What is the Hunger Games?
300
The use of exaggeration for emphasis
What is hyperbole?
300
A class of words that discuss space and time. Examples include under, over, during.
What is a preposition?
300
Used before an 's' when indicating possession.
What is an apostrophe?
300
A broad term used for directors, writers or playwrights.
What is a composer?
400
Greg's story of his challenges in an American middle school.
What is The Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
400
Similar to alliteration, specific to vowel sounds
What is assonance?
400
Commas, semi-colons, periods and exclamation marks.
What is a punctuation?
400
A category of texts which focus on objective information, facts and real-life events.
What is non-fiction?
400
A group of words that add more detail to a verb
What is an adverbial phrase/adverbial clause?
500
Theodor Geisel's pen name, well known for his children's books such as Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Who is Dr Seuss?
500
The category of which metaphor and simile are part of. Not literal.
What is figurative language?
500
A word formed from the initial letters of a phrase or a word.
What is an abbreviation?
500
A text that groups words together as synonyms, antonyms or concepts.
What is a thesaurus?
500
A film technique used to reference something in the past.
What is a flashback?