Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Grammar
Parts of Speech
Literature Basics
100

This word means "to make something better."

What is improve?

100

The person or animal who tells a story is called this.

What is a narrator?

100

This punctuation mark is used at the end of a question.

What is a question mark?

100

This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.

What is a noun?

100

The person who creates a written story is called this.

What is an author?

200
Someone who is generous is willing to do this?

What is give/share/help others?

200

A character who helps or supports the main character can be called this

What is a supporting character?

200

Identify the verb: “The children laughed at the joke.”

What is laughed?


200

In “The dog ran quickly,” this word is the adverb.

What is quickly?

200

The location and time period of a story are part of this.

What is setting?

300

If something is fragile, it is this. 

What is easily broken?

300

The turning point or most intense moment of a story is called this.

What is the climax?

300

Identify the subject: “The old house stood at the end of the street.”

What is the old house?

300

In “The bright sun warmed the room,” this word is the adjective.

What is bright?

300

These are the people, animals, or other beings who take part in a story.

What are characters?

400

To imitate someone means to do this. 

What is copy or mimic?

400

A character's struggle against another character, nature, society, or themselves is called this.

What is conflict?

400

Which is correct: “Their going to the store” or “They’re going to the store”?

What is They’re going to the store?

400

In “She gave him the book,” she and him are examples of this part of speech.

What are pronouns?

400

The main problem or struggle that drives a story is called this.

What is conflict?

500

If something is ambiguous, it can be understood in more than one of these.

What are meanings/interpretations?

500

When an author gives a character human qualities, such as describing a tree as “dancing in the wind,” this literary device is being used.

What is personification?

500

Which sentence is grammatically correct? 

A. “The books on the table belongs to me.” 

B. “The books on the table belong to me.” 

C. “The books on the table belonging to me.” 

D. “The books on the table is belonging to me.”

What is B?

500

In “I wanted to go, but it was raining,” but is an example of this part of speech.

What is a conjunction?

500

When a story is told from the perspective of a character who is part of the story and uses words such as “I” and “we,” what point of view is being used?

What is first-person point of view?