Grammar Police
This part of speech’s main function is to connect other parts
Conjunction
The main character’s name in the first novel we read this year
7th: Charlie
8th: Mattie
A nonliteral comparison using like or as
Simile
Not pitcher, Matt’s other baseball position
Shortstop
The most viewed youtube video of all time
Baby Shark Dance
This part of speech describes a noun
Adjective
Turtle Wexler’s sister’s name
Angela
The attitude of the author toward a character or the events of the story
Tone
Matt’s biggest struggle on piano
Going backwards
Valorant agent who says:
“We have one job. Save the earth. No excuses.”
Kay/o
This type of punctuation is used alone between two independent clauses to show a relationship between clauses
Semicolon
The # wish in the Monkey’s Paw which causes the son’s accident at work
#1
The extent the reader can trust the narrator
Narrator Reliability
The creature Matt compares his biological father to
The continent with the most countries
Africa
The first article in this sentence
“The”
The tv show from which we read its screenplay: The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
The Twilight Zone
The reader knows something the character does not
Dramatic irony
Matt’s biological mother’s name
Phang My
The largest internal organ in the human body
Liver
The “…” used to delete text from a quote
Ellipses
Harrison Bergeron’s mom and George’s wife
Hazel
A subtle reference in literature to another text or story
Allusion
The first family member Matt speaks about in the book
His biological mother
Holds the record for the most oscars
Walt Disney