Literature
Writing
Grammar
Vocabulary
Literature 2
100

A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.

What is a simile?

100

Writing where the author is giving information or facts.

What is informative writing?

100

Words that replace nouns in a sentence so it is not repetitive.

What are pronouns?

100

Two words that have the same meaning.

What is a synonym?

100

Stories that are made up and not factual.

What is fiction?

200

Giving nonhuman things, human like characteristics.

What is personification?

200

Writing where the author is trying to get readers to agree with him/her.

What is persuasive writing?

200

Part of speech that is used to join things in a sentence or paragraph.

What is a conjunction?

200

Two words that have opposite meaning.

What is an antonym?

200

A character that is the hero of the story.

What is a protagonist?

300

A figure of speech that is understood but doesn't mean what is said literally. Ex: It's raining cats and dogs!

What is an idiom?

300

The part of a writing where the author is closing and restating their points.

What is a conclusion?

300

Acronym used to remember the coordinating conjunctions.

What is FANBOYS?

300

Two lines in a poem that rhyme?

What is a couplet?

300

To make an educated guess based on clues or evidence from text.

What is inference?

400

These words are sound words.

What is onomatopoeia?

400

The part of writing where you present your ideas and claim.

What is the introduction (or thesis)?

400

A sentence that contains two independent clauses.

What is a compound sentence?

400

Language that does not mean exactly what it says.

What is figurative language?

400

To tell what a story is about using your own words.

What is summarize?

500

The repetition of beginning sounds of words.

What is alliteration?

500

Stating examples or facts explicitly mentioned in the text.

What is citing evidence?

500

A word that describes a verb.

What is an adverb?

500

Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things.

What are homophones?

500

The message or moral of a story?

What is theme?