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A stroll down vocabulary road
It's all trivial
A writer's toolbox
Those who CAN, teach
Speech, in these parts
100
A word meaning to cast out of a community
What is ostracize? (also acceptable are: banish, exile, or shun)
100
If you are looking at the time on "Big Ben" you are in this major city.
What is London, England?
100
The types of things we notice and refer to as t/f/s/o.
What are thoughts, feelings, sensations, and opinions?
100
This teacher LOVES giraffes!
Who is Señorita Battaglia?
100
In the sentence, "He threw a red ball," the word "red" is this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
200
This word is a synonym for horrifying.
What is (terrifying, scary, bone-chilling, etc.)?
200
The animal resulting in a cross between a lion and a tiger.
What is a liger?
200
When we use rich descriptive adjectives and vivid verbs to paint a picture for the reader we do this.
What is craft an experience for the reader? (Also acceptable - What is show not tell?)
200
This teacher has acted in commercials, arguably the funniest of which is for a credit union in Syracuse, NY.
Who is Ms. Schmidt?
200
This part of speech indicates an action or state of being, i.e. run, have, sit, climb.
What is a verb?
300
The definition for the word luminous.
What is filling an area with light?
300
More people are killed in Africa by this animal than any other animal.
What is the hippo?
300
All claims should be accompanied by this.
What is supporting evidence?
300
This teacher has a dog named Bella.
Who is Ms. Cuomo?
300
In the sentence, "He jumped out of the car," the word "he" is this part of speech.
What is a pronoun?
400
A word meaning any words or phrases specific to a particular field of study.
What is jargon? (i.e. computer jargon includes words like byte, hard drive, RAM, etc.)
400
A group of crows is called this.
What is a murder?
400
A method by which we capture the details of a single small moment before moving on to the next big idea.
What is writing small?
400
This teacher was once a National Park Ranger.
Who is Mrs. Sedlak?
400
These words indicate one object's relationship to another, i.e. above, around, under, over, beyond.
What is a preposition?
500
A word used to describe the all knowing nature of God. (Bonus 200 points if you also know the phrase for the all powerful nature of God)
What is omniscience? (Bonus - What is omnipotent?)
500
A gnu is a variation of this kind of animal.
What is an antelope?
500
These two words describe who we are writing (or speaking) for and why.
What are audience and purpose?
500
The approximate number of ties that Mr. Dempsey owns.
What is 90?
500
These words modify a verb and usually end with "-ly." Examples include slowly, swiftly, well, and horribly.
What is an adverb?