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For the Grammar Guru
EEK! Literary Techniques
Don't Ask...It's NJASK!
Idioms - What?
Words, Words, Words
100
a verb
What is a part of speech that shows action
100
Alliteration
What is a technique that uses the repetition of the same initial letter sound in a group of words
100
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What is the maximum score for an open-ended response
100
Green-eyed monster
What is jealousy
100
Literal Meaning
What uses words in their usual sense, or the way they are defined in the dictionary
200
noun
What is a word that names a person, place, or thing
200
Hyperbole
What is an exaggeration or overstatement for effect
200
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What is the maximum score on an essay
200
Middle of the road
What is avoiding the extreme
200
Figurative Meaning
What uses words in an imaginative way
300
pronoun
What is the part of speech that replaces a noun
300
Foreshadowing
What is the suggestion of events to come
300
Multiple Choice, Open-Ended, Writing Prompts
What are the three types of questions that are on the LAL NJASK
300
Smell a rat
What is being suspicious
300
Synonym
What is a word that means the same or almost the same as another word
400
adverb
What is the part of speech that modifies a verb
400
Personification
What is the giving of human qualities to objects, ideas, or animals
400
Open-Ended
What type of question asks you to write answers about reading passages
400
Spill the beans
What is divulge secret information
400
Prefix
What is a word part added to the beginning of a base to form a new word
500
preposition
What is the part of speech that relates the noun or the pronoun to another word in the sentence
500
Irony
What is a situation or event that is the opposite of what might be expected
500
200
What is the passing score on the LAL NJASK
500
Out on a limb
What is being in a risky position
500
Homographs
What are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings