parts of speech
person, place or thing
What is a noun?
word that uses "like" or "as" to compare
What is a simile?
Tom Sawyer
What is a famous book about a boy in the American South written by Mark Twain?
Complete Sentence
What must have a noun and a verb at the minimum?
colloquialism
What is a word or phrase used in informal or everyday language in literature?
word that shows action or does something
What is a verb?
compares to different things
What is a metaphor?
Romeo and Juliet
What is a famous play about star-crossed lovers written by William Shakespeare?
Essay
What is a short piece of writing on a particular subject?
Slang
What is a word used in everyday or informal speech or literature that is used only in certain groups, such as teenagers?
Word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
phrase that gives personality to an inanimate object
What is personification?
1984
What is a book about a dsytopian country and how hard it is to live in it by George Orwell?
Novel
What is a book length piece of fiction writing, intended to be read for entertainment?
jargon
What are words or phrases used in informal and everyday language or literature that are only used by members of certain groups, such as doctors or lawyers?
word that describes a verb
What is an adverb?
word or phrase that exaggerates
What is hyperbole?
Jane Austen
Who is the author of Pride and Prejudice?
autobiography
What is the story of a person's life written by the person that it is about?
non-fiction
What is literature based on facts and research ?
example: textbooks
word made from two words, like don't
What is a contraction?
A word that imitates the sound it represents
What is onomatopoiea?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
What is the first book in the Harry Potter series, where we learn his early history and he goes to Hogwart's ?
op-ed
What is an essay, in a newpaper in print or online, that is the opinion of the person writing it?
journal
What is a place to write down your thoughts and express yourself?