MS. JOERS
WHAT WE READ
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE and TONE/MOOD
PARTS OF SPEECH and GRAMMAR
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE & LITERARY TERMS
100

Bridget's favorite kind of punctuation 

What is a semicolon?

100

This is the name of the protagonist in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

Who is Junior?
(Or Arnold)

100

This kind of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things.

What is a simile?

100

Noah loves to play guitar.
In this sentence, BOOKS is an example of this part of speech.

What is a noun?

100

This kind of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things.

What is a simile?

200

This is Bridget's favorite musical artist

Who is Taylor Swift?

200

The number of people that die in Romeo and Juliet

What is 6?

200

The mood of a piece of literature expresses the feelings of this person.

Who is me?

200

I cannot believe it's the end of the semester!
In this sentence, the word I is an example of this part of speech.

What is a pronoun?

200

Gives the audience hints or signs about the future

What is foreshadowing?

300

The number of pets Bridget has.

What is 0?

300
The number of Book Club options.

What is 5?

300

"I have a ton of homework" is an example of this kind of figurative language.

What is a hyperbole?

300

Wyatt never sits in his chair; he's always moving around the room.
In this sentence, the word SITS is this part of speech.

What is a verb?

300

The definition of Hyperbole

What is a figure of speech in which an author or speaker purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme?

400

The number of siblings Bridget has

What is 3?

400

This the end of Romeo's famous line: "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and ____."

What is "Juliet is the sun"?

400

This person is responsible for creating the tone of a text.

Who is the author?

400

Kaden loves his blue Nike shirt playing the Weddle and coming to class late.
This is the number of commas needed in this sentence.

What is two?

400

A figure of speech that puts together opposite elements

What is an oxymoron?

500

The number of different buildings Bridget has lived in.

What is 7?

500

This is the nickname of the main character's little brother, who dies, in The Scarlet Ibis.

Who is Doodle?

500

"Oh, it was a piece of cake" is an example of this kind of figurative language.

What is an idiom?

500

"Please stop touching each other" Ms. Joers said.
In the sentence, a comma should be placed here.

Where is between "other" and "Ms."?

500

The repetition of vowel sounds

What is the definition of Assonance?