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Grammar
Story Elements
Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Parts of Speech
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I don't want too many people to ask _____ many questions. (to, too, or two)
What is too?
100
The definition of climax.
What is the highest point of interest?
100
Type of figurative language: He eats very little. As a matter of fact, he is as skinny as a toothpick.
What is a simile?
100
To show the similarities and differences between two things.
What is compare and contrast?
100
Find the verb? We are working on it together.
What is are working?
200
__________ kids won't be quiet! (they're, their, or there)
What is Their?
200
This story element is known to introduce the character and the setting.
What is exposition?
200
Type of figurative language: I was walking through the woods and came across a beehive. I accidentally bumped it as I was trying to step over it. As I ran away, there was a buzzing in my ear. That's when I felt it.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
An educated guess about what might happen next.
What is predict?
200
Find the predicate adjective. The woods smell really fresh in the spring.
What is fresh?
300
What tense is the following sentence in? She is working on her homework.
What is present tense?
300
"It's more important to be nice than to be popular" is an example of this.
What is theme?
300
Type of figurative language: When the Titans lost the last game of the championship, George was a big baby and cried all the way home.
What is a metaphor?
300
To convince someone to think like you.
What is persuade?
300
The little boy told his mother he didn't feel (good, well).
What is well?
400
An incomplete thought or sentence is known as . . .
What is a fragment?
400
The rising action is where the ________ starts.
What is conflict?
400
Type of figurative language: During the storm, the wind howled and the rain fell. Lightening struck and thunder rolled. Then, morning broke without a glimpse of the sun.
What is personification?
400
The writer's attitude towards a piece of writing.
What is tone?
400
Find the abstract noun. The broadway show in downtown New York was a huge success and made a lot of money.
What is success?
500
Everyone brought (his or her / their) own tent to the camp.
What is his or her?
500
This organizational tool is used to map events of the story.
What is plot diagram?
500
Type of figurative language: In the gloomy meadow of the darkened sky, I stopped and asked exactly why. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, was there ever a reason to die, this day has gone and so have I.
What is alliteration?
500
To provide additional details to prove your point.
What is elaborate?
500
Frost first appeared in the meadow. "In the meadow" is this part of speech.
What is a prepositional phrase?