Reading
Writing
Language Arts
Grammar
Figurative Language
100

The location and time of a story

What is the setting?

100

This part of an essay tells what the topic will be.

What is the introduction?

100

To use strong exaggeration

What is hyperbole? 

100

I love going to baseball games they are so much fun.

The incorrect sentence above is an example of this type of sentence.  

What is a run-on sentence? 

100

I waited in line for a million hours until it was my turn. 

Hyperbole 

200

A word opposite in meaning to another

What is an antonym?

200

This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.

What is the summary?

200

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of what type of figurative language? 

What is personification?

200

This is the action part of the sentence. 

What is the predicate/ verb? 

200

The tree branches danced in the wind. 

Personification 

300

The turning point, high point, or main event is in a story.

What is the climax

300

This is the last part of a paper that wraps it up. It is best to end this with an impact statement.

What is a conclusion?

300

The struggle between a character and 1 or more opposing force is called

What is the conflict?

300

A word that describes a noun

What is an adjective?

300

The drums were like a thunderstorm.

Simile 

400

This is the main message the author wants to convey in his/her story. This is the moral is the lesson that the writer wants you to learn from the story.

What is a theme?

400

When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using words like "I" or "me"

What is first person?

400

To describe how things are alike and how they are different

What is compare and contrast? 

400

A person place or thing. 

What is a noun?

400

It's raining cats and dogs. 

Idiom 

500

the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

What is a plot?


500

 This introductory statement tells the reader what your essay is primarily about.

What is a Thesis Statement (Topic Sentence)?

500

A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.

What is idiom?

500

The sloth may stay in the tree all day.

The helping verb in the sentence above is _____.

What is may?

500

The snow is a white blanket. 

Metaphor