Parts of Speech
Vocabulary
The Writing Process
Sci Fi
Grab Bag
100

This part of speech includes people and places. 

What are nouns? 

100

This type of person studies dinosaurs. 

What is a paleontologist? 

100

This is the first step in the writing process. 

What is Prewriting? 

100

Harrison is a character in this story. 

What is "Harrison Bergeron?"

100

In this step of the writing process, you write your piece. 

What is drafting? 

200

This part of speech is often described as what you do.

What are verbs? 

200

This describes something that is impossible to understand. 

What is unfathomably? 

200

In this step, grammar, punctuation, and conventions errors are corrected. 

What is editing? 

200

The turning point, or this, in "The Lottery," is when Tess Hutchinson wins the lottery. 

What is the climax? 

200

This vocabulary word means in large amounts. 

What is profusely? 

300

This type of noun is a specific name for a person, place, thing, or idea. 

What is a proper noun? 

300

This is the human-centered era. 

What is the Anthropocene? 

300

This is the last step in the writing process. 

What is Publishing? 

300

A theme in this story is to use technology with caution. 

What is "A Sound of Thunder?" 

300

A theme in this story is that people should not blindly follow traditions. 

What is "The Lottery?" 

400

This part of speech describes verbs and often ends in -ly. 

What is an adverb?

400

This describes something done in an angry or sulky way. 

What is petulantly? 

400

In this step, content of the writing piece is changed and improved. 

What is revising? 

400

The setting of this story is in the year 2081. 

What is "Harrison Bergeron?" 

400

This type of verb must connect two words or phrases with one another. 

What is a linking verb? 
500

This type of verb must come before another verb.

 What is a helping verb? 

500

This means to mark or scale an instrument using measurements. 

What is calibrate? 

500

In this step, one might brainstorm or outline a piece before writing. 

What is prewriting? 

500

In this portion of the plot in "The Lottery," a small town is introduced, and children are piling up rocks. 

What is the exposition? 

500

If you add dialogue to a story, you are participating in this part of the writing process. 

What is revising?