Grammar
This punctuation mark often ends a sentence.
What is a period?
This term has two words and sounds similar to "rain tortilla." The term refers to the most central point a paragraph is making.
What is a main idea?
Words or expressions that go beyond what would normally be surface-level true in order to be more beautiful, vivid, or powerful. This term has two words and rhymes with "smchmigrative smanguage."
What is figurative language?
The correct spelling of the word there/they're/there when you want to indicate a place (e.g. my computer is over ____)
What is there, t-h-e-r-e?
This word has roots including 'sym/syn' which means together, and 'nym' which means name or word. It refers to a term that is similar to another.
What is a synonym?
This punctuation mark is another way to end a sentence. It starts with the letter "s" and it best to use when wanting to make things sounds connected or to slow down the pacing of a text.
What is a semi-colon?
When we see characters who contrast with one another, they are acting as opposites to show something or prove a point. What is another word with the root "con-" that also means going against or opposing?
What is a contradiction?
A simile is a comparison using like or as (e.g. the clouds looked like fresh-picked cotton). All similes are a type of this broader category that starts with "m."
What is a metaphor?
What is it's? (with an apostrophe)
A synonym for melancholy
What is sadness/depression/sorrowfulness, etc.
This punctuation mark goes around words to show that someone is speaking.
What are quotations?/What are quotation marks?
Non-fiction teaches us through facts, _____ teaches us through imagination and invented or exaggerated scenarios.
What is fiction?
This word, that starts with an "i" refers to language that is the opposite of what one expects. So, a fire truck catching on fire is an example of ____
What is irony?
Consonants are every letter besides A,E,I,O and U. What word identifies the category of A, E, I, O, U (and sometimes Y)?
What is a vowel/what are vowels?
A synonym for irate
What is anger, wrath, etc.
This punctuation combines multiple adjectives to create a single descriptive word. Examples: a high-level book or a two-foot-long sub
What is a hyphen?
This is a term for segment that is outside of the chronological order of a narrative. The same term is used when sufferers of post-traumatic stress (PTSD) have vivid memories of a scary past event.
What is a flashback?
Name any type of figurative language that has not been mentioned so far (so not metaphor or irony).
What is an idiom / onomatopoeia / hyperbole / alliteration / or any other
Mayonnaise, bureau, espionage, reservoir, souvenir... These words have something in common. Words that have many vowels together and are hard to pronounce usually come from this language of origin.
What is French?
A peccadillo is a small error or offense. What is a synonym for impeccable? (Hint: im- is a root for "not")
What is perfect, flawless, etc.
All sentences are ______, but not all ______ are full sentences. This term for a group of words starts with a "c" and shares a similar name to the holly jolly man who brings presents on Christmas.
What is a clause?/What are clauses?
Whereas a theme is a universal, underlying MESSAGE present in a text, this term also refers to something that keeps popping up again and again but it may not be a message. It might just be artistic elements, such as colors or designs, that are meaningful and repeated. The word comes from the German word for "motive."
What is a motif?
Give an example of an oxymoron, which is a figure of speech with contradictory terms (example: jumbo shrimp, awfully good, etc.)
Responses will vary
An umlaut is the double dot that goes over certain letters in words borrowed from German (such as uber, or when people called Hitler the fuhrer). Name the three letters over which you might see an umlaut.
What is a , o , u
This word that starts with an "s" refers to taking information from different places or processes and putting it all together. Plants do this in photo_______.
What is synthesis?