GRAMMAR
What is the plural form of “child”?
Children
What is a word that means the opposite of another word called?
Which literary device compares two things using “like” or “as”?
Simile
What do we call the main character in a story?
Protagonist
Which punctuation mark is used at the end of a direct question?
Question mark
Which word is the verb in this sentence:
“The students completed their assignment.”
Completed
What is a word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another word called?
Synonym
Which literary device gives human characteristics to something non-human?
Personification
What do we call the lesson or message that a story communicates?
Theme
Which punctuation mark is used to show possession, as in “Sarah's book”?
Apostrophe
Which word is the verb in this sentence:
“The students completed their assignment.”
Present Perfect
What does the word “reluctant” mean?
Unwilling
Which literary device deliberately uses extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
What do we call the sequence of events in a story?
Plot
What type of word is 'they're'?
Contraction
Identify the subject of this sentence:
“After the long journey, the exhausted travellers finally reached home.”
Travellers
What does the prefix “anti-” generally mean?
Against
Which literary device occurs when there is a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens?
Irony
What is the term for the way a writer reveals a character's personality and qualities?
Characterisation
What do we call the grammatical error in this sentence:
“Neither of the boys have completed their homework.”
Concord/Subject-verb agreement error
What type of sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause?
Complex sentence
What do we call a word or expression that has more than one possible meaning?
Ambiguous
Which literary device uses humour, exaggeration or irony to criticise society or human behaviour?
Satire
What do we call a conclusion that a reader reaches by combining evidence from the text with their own reasoning?
Inference
Which punctuation mark should be used to separate the two independent clauses in this sentence?
Semicolon