Foreign words and Phrases
Frequently Confused Words
Pronoun/Antecedents
Literary Elements
Poetry Types
100
French phrase that means "already seen"
What is deja vu?
100
(loose/lose) My son's tooth is ____________.
What is loose?
100
(their/her) Each of the girls volunteers ____________time to charity.
What is her?
100
When the characters on stage do not know what is happening, BUT the audience does know.
What is dramatic irony?
100
Poetry that sounds like music
What is lyrical?
200
French phrase that means "of the day"
What is du jour?
200
(they're/their/there) Please return ____________ books.
What is their?
200
(his/her or their) Many of the students returned ______________ books.
What is their?
200
Is a hint about what is going to happen later in the plot
What is foreshadowing?
200
Poetry that written to be sung
What is ballad?
300
French phrase that means "missed/false step"
What is faux pas?
300
(allusion/illusion) The magician perform a wonderful ______________.
What is an illusion?
300
(his/her or their) Someone left ________________ homework in my classroom.
What is his/her?
300
Statement that doesn't seem true, but it actually is
What is paradox?
300
14-line poem that has set rhyme and meter
What is a sonnet?
400
French phrase that means "the joy of living/life"
What is joie de vivre?
400
(whom/who) You gave the book to _______________?
What is whom?
400
(his/her or their) None of the students are ready for __________________ EOC.
What is their?
400
A play on words
What is puns?
400
Type of poem that details the actions and adventures of a hero
What is an epic poem?
500
French phrase which means "advance guard" (big & showy)
What is avant-garde?
500
(fewer/less) He has _________________patience than I.
What is less?
500
(his/her or their) Each of the fathers took ________sons fishing today.
What is his?
500
What literary element is found in the following phrase from Romeo and Juliet? But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun
What is metaphor?
500
Plays that are in poetry form (Shakespeare's plays)
What is dramatic poetry?