Sentences
Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
Root Words
Anything Goes
100

The punctuation mark that goes at then end of a statement.

What is a period.

100

The name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

What is a noun.

100

The use of a word to describe or imitate a sound.

What is onomatopoeia.

100

The root word that means star.

What is astr.

100

Three types of irony.

What are verbal, situational, and dramatic.

200

A sentence that has a subject and verb but is not a complete thought.

What is a dependent clause.

200

This expresses action or being.

What is a verb.

200

An exaggeration that is so dramatic, no one would believe the statement is true.

What is hyperbole.

200

The root word that means place.

What is loc.

200

An interruption that writers use to insert past events.

What is a flashback.

300

A sentence that has both a subject and a verb and is a complete thought.

What is an independent clause.

300

This modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.

What is an adjective.

300

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or object.

What is personification.

300

The root word that means worth.

What is val.

300

A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

What is foreshadowing.

400

A "sentence" that is missing a subject or a verb.

What is a phrase.

400

This modifies a verb, adjective, or an other adverb.

What is an adverb.

400

To state a fact or draw a verbal picture by the use of a comparison.

What is a metaphor.

400

The root word that means something written.

What is gram.

400

A type of art, literature, or music characterized by a specific form, content, and style.

What is genre.

500

The name of a sentence that makes a statement.

What is declarative.

500
Words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word or element in the rest of the sentence. 

Hint:  Often tells where, when or how

What is a preposition.

500

A commonly used expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words.

What is an idiom.

500

Three root words that mean move.

What is mot, mob, and mov.

500

The author's attitude toward a subject.

What is tone.