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Punctuation and Editing
Literary Devices
Pop Culture
Vocabulary
Spell it Out
100
This punctuation is used to enclose the title of a short story.
Who are quotes?
100

A comparison using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

100

This streaming platform released the dystopian teen thriller "Squid Game."

What is Netflix

100

Added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning, like "un-" or "re-."

Added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning, like "un-" or "re-."

100
This what someone does when he or she is physically or verbally aggressive to another person in order to control them in some way.
What is B-U-L-L-Y-I-N-G ?
200
This punctuation is used before the connecting word in a compound sentence.
What is a comma ?
200

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

What is personification?

200

This dystopian series, narrated in first person by Katniss Everdeen, features "tributes" fighting to the death.

What is The Hunger Games?

200
An author’s individual method and tone
What is style or voice?
200

This is the first name of the president of the United States.

What is D-O-N-A-L-D 

300
This punctuation is missing in the following sentence: Andy screamed "What do you think you are doing?"
What is a comma after "screamed"? ?
300

Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of nearby words, like "Peter Piper picked..."

What is alliteration?

300

This K-pop group's name is often analyzed as symbolic — "bulletproof" resistance to social pressure faced by youth.

Who is BTS?

300

The emotional or implied meaning a word carries beyond its literal definition.

What is connotation?

300

This is the order in which events happen in time.

What is C-H-R-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.

400
Before we went to the dance.
What is a sentence fragment?
400

An extreme exaggeration used for effect, like "I've told you a million times."

What is hyperbole

400

This satirical show uses irony and exaggeration (hyperbole) to comment on real news events.

What is Saturday Night Live (or a similar satire show, e.g. The Daily Show)?

400
Writing to explain something; usually built around details that support a main idea or thesis statement.
What is expository writing?
400

Spell the word for a list of sources used in a research paper.

What is B-I-B-L-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y (bibliography)?

500

I'm writing this to introduce myself and to make it clear that I am a good person with the right attitude that will help me become a successful worker and make my life successful even though my life has been very hard up until now due to family problems and people that try to get me fired and talk against me because they don't know what they are talking about.

What is wordiness or run on sentence

500

When the reader knows something a character doesn't — creating tension or humor.

What is dramatic irony?

500
William falkner wrote this story about a woman who kills her lover, keeps his body in her upstairs bedroom, and lays next to it years later.
What is "A Rose for Emily"?
500
Deliberately minimizing the importance of what is meant
What is understatement?
500

Spell the word for the main character in a story who drives the plot forward.

What is P-R-O-T-A-G-O-N-I-S-T (protagonist)?