To put a one-syllable adjective in comparative form.
Add -er
100
To put a one-syllable adjective in superlative form.
Add -est.
100
How a writer shows what a character is like. The way the writer characterizes that person.
Characterization.
100
The horse that won the 2015 Kentucky Derby
American Pharoah
200
A group of words that contain a subject and a verb.
Clause
200
How do you put a two-syllable adjective that ends in y into comparative form?
Drop the y and add - ier.
200
How do you put a two-syllable adjective that ends in y into superlative form?
Drop the y and add -iest
200
The words a character says or the speech between two characters is called ______________________.
Dialogue
200
Which three NFL teams have won the Super Bowl at least four times?
Cowboys
49ers
Steelers
300
A word that connects two parts of a compound sentence.
Conjunction
300
How do you put a two or more syllable adjective in comparative form. Assume the adjective doesn't end in y.
Put either the word more or less in front of the adjective.
300
How do you put a two or more syllable adjective in superlative form. Assume the adjective doesn't end in y.
Put either the word most or least in front of the adjective.
300
A struggle, fight, or a difference of opinion between characters is called ____________________.
Conflict
300
What is the nickname of Notre Dame
The Fighting Irish
400
A combination of two vowels.
Dipthong
400
The comparative form of expensive is ________________.
more expensive.
400
The superlative form of curly is _________________.
Curliest
400
The person the story is mostly about is the ________________.
main character.
400
The Wrigley company says that it needs about 53 square miles of farmland to grow all the ____ it needs for its chewing gum.
Mint
500
A phrase that is not intended to be understood word for word.
Idiom
500
The comparative form of upset is _______________.
More or least upset.
500
The superlative form of gullible is ___________________.
most gullible.
500
the events that make up a story, particularly: as they relate to one another in a pattern or in a sequence; as they relate to each other through cause and effect.
Hint: So the ______________ thickens.
Plot
500
What are the two top candy-producing companies in this country?