Writing
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Viewing
100

The purpose of descriptive writing.

Describe a person, place, or thing in a way that a picture is formed in the reader's mind. 

100

That action or ability to understand something. 

Comprehension.

100

Much like a dial on a car radio, this part of your speech can be controlled. "Say it louder for the people in the back."

Volume

100

Seeing or hearing a speaker's message and comprehending it. Seeing the message from the speaker's point on view.

Understanding.

100

The action of inspecting or looking at something.

Viewing

200

An assertion of the truth of something, typically one thing that is disputed or in doubt.

What is a Claim.

200

A type of fiction, this is a story with a fully developed theme, but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel. 

Short Story

200

This element of speech refers to the speed at which you deliver your words. 

Rate

200

A way of listening that and responding to another person that improves mutual understanding. An important first step to defuse situations and seek solutions.

Active Listening.

200

Movies, TV/ Radio programs using pictures or interviews with people involved in real life events to provide factual record or reports.

Documentary

300

The systematic investigation into a study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

Research

300

A book which keeps a daily record of events and experiences.

Diary

300

A formal address to be delivered to an audience.

A speech

300

Information about reactions to a product, a person's performance of a task, etc. Used for the basis of improvement.

Feedback

300

The main means of mass communication. Broadcasting, publishing, and the internet.

Media.

400

 A particular analysis of the system and structure of language or of a specific language.

Grammar.

400

A body of words used in a particular language.

Vocabulary.

400

A speech or talk in which a new product, idea, or piece of work is shown and explained to an audience.

Presentation

400

The use of messages or signals through a nonverbal platform such as eye contact, facial expressions, and gestures.

Nonverbal communication.

400

Websites and apps that enable users to create and share content.

Social Media.

500

Literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of a particular experience, or a specific emotional response through language that is chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.

Poetry

500

DAILY DOUBLE- If you answer correctly you get double the points. If answered incorrectly, you will lose only the amount on the question.


Hosted by LeVar Burton, this popular 1980s children's television show ran for twenty-one season.

Reading Rainbow

500

The ability to write or speak in a native or foreign language easily and accurately. 

Fluency

500

Assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such a play, movie, concert, or speech.

Audience.

500

Often typed in black and white ink with a gray background, this form of print media is published nearly daily in most places. It contains information on current event.

Newspaper.