Parts of Speech
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea
1,000 points to the team that gets this right. You guys always pick the big amounts first.
What are the key words for simile and metaphor?
Simile: like or as
Metaphor: is or are (remember: they both make comparisons)
What are the people and animals in a story called?
Characters
A story that is true
nonfiction
What is the definition of synonym
Words that have similar meanings
Which word in the following sentence is a verb?
Mr. Patterson ran away from the aliens.
Ran. (remember: verbs are actions)
We waited in line for 10 years!
What is this an example of?
Hyperbole (remember: hyperbole is extreme exaggeration)
The part of the story that is the most exciting and where the problem gets solved
Climax
A story that is not real
fiction
What are things in the text that help you learn the meaning of unfamiliar words?
Context Clues
Which of the words in the following sentence is an adjective?
SpongeBob said, "and the walls will ooze green slime."
Green. (remember: adjectives describe nouns. Green is describing the noun 'slime')
BOOM! BANG! POW! POP!
What are these examples of?
onomatopoeia, 100 extra points if the team spells this right
What are the two parts of the plot line called before and after the climax?
Rising Action (before) and Falling Action (after). (remember: rising action usually introduces the conflict and failed attempts at solving it. Falling action is when the conflict is solved and the story is "cooling down")
Biography is written about someone's life by someone else. Autobiography is written by the person themself.
What are the Big 5 for Summarizing?
Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then
What is an adverb?
something that describes a verb (remember: a lot of adverbs end in the suffix -ly)
Mr. Patterson's purple plaid pants were pleated perfectly.
What is this an example of?
Alliteration (remember: alliteration is the repeated SOUND not spelling, so you can't always look at the first letters)
What's the word for the end of the story?
What are the "paragraphs" in a poem called?
Stanzas. (remember: lines=sentences and stanzas=paragraphs)
What is an inference?
When you use your background knowledge, and information from the text to reach a conclusion
What is a conjunction?
it connects phrases and sentences; ex. and, but, or (you can't just sing conjunction junction, you need to know what it means)
'The leaves danced in the wind' is an example of what?
A. Onomatopoeia B. Idiom C. Personification D. Hyperbole
C. Personification (remember: personification is giving human qualities to non-human things)
What is the part of the story where the characters are introduced?
Introduction. 1,000 extra points for the word "exposition"
A story that is set in the future with technology that we do not have yet
Science fiction
500 points to both teams
I have a feeling you all will pick this question first. Good luck with the rest of the game. If you didn't pick this first then ignore this statement, but you still get the points.