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Vocabulary
Elements of Literature
Figurative Language
Grammar
Parts of Speech
100
To make suffering or a problem less severe; relieve.
What is alleviate?
100
The main character that you are cheering for in a story.
What is the protagonist?
100
A comparison of two unlike things, using words such as like. as, or resembles.
What is a simile?
100
The two puctuation marks that come at the end of an interjection.
What is a comma and an exclamation point?
100
A specific noun that needs a capital letter.
What is a proper noun?
200
Provoke or annoyso as to cause a reaction.
What is goaded?
200
The character that opposes the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
200
A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing is given a human characteristic.
What is personification?
200
The puctation marks tat are used to show dialogue.
What is quotation marks?
200
a word that describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
300
Extremely pale; drained of color.
What is ashen?
300
The pace and time a story takes place.
What is the setting?
300
The repetition of the same beginning consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
300
The comparative form of happy.
What is happier?
300
A word that shows action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
400
Very particular; picky.
What is finicky?
400
The vantage point from which the story is being told:first person, third person.
What is the point of view?
400
A figure of speech that is an exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
400
I am from Kansas. I will go _________ for the holidays.
What is t-h-e-r-e?
400
A word that takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
500
A face to face conflictof opposing ideas.
What is confrontation?
500
The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
A word that imitates the sound it is referring to.(Examples: buzz, honk, and meow.)
What is an onomatopoeia?
500
We have to get dressed-up for the party. What are you going to __________?
What is w-e-a-r?
500
A word that describes a verb.
What is an adverb?