"He was as quiet as a mouse" is an example of a ____________.
What is a simile?
100
This means "To describe someone’s character".
What is characterize?
200
This is a punctuation mark that comes after a question.
What is a question mark?
200
The past tense way to say "go".
What is "gone"?
200
This Latin word root means, "one".
What is "mono-"?
200
"His brain is a thundering cloud of confusion" is an example of __________________.
What is a metaphor?
200
This means "they are".
What is "they're"?
300
These indicate when someone is speaking within a sentence.
What are quotation marks?
300
The past tense way to say "lie", as in "I am going to lie down".
What is "laid"?
300
This Latin word root means, "many", as in "many numbers".
What is "poly-", as in, "polynomial".
300
"The clock looked back at him sadly" could be described as _____________________.
What is personification?
300
This means "made in imitation of something else"
What is a counterfeit?
400
These are used when listing more than two things in one sentence.
What are commas?
400
This is the past participle of "write".
What is "written"?
400
This Latin word root means, "hundred".
What is "-cent-"?
400
"Like fireworks, your heart will grow" could be described as ___________________.
What is a simile or personification?
400
These are laws made by an authority such as congress.
What is legislation?
500
You may use this punctuation instead of a period if you want to separate two sentences.
What is a semicolon?
500
This is the past tense AND the past participle of "seek".
What is "sought"?
500
This Latin word root means, "across".
What is "trans-"?
500
The repetition of the beginning sounds of words, as in “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,” “Music Monday,” and “the fickle finger of fate.”
What is alliteration?
500
This means "Writing based on facts, such as biography or history".