a word or group of words that refers to a person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
100
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
100
Words with the same meanings.
Example: happy and joyful
What are synonyms?
100
This type of poem the first word in line 1 begins with an A, the first word of line 2 begins with a B etc.
What is ABC poem?
100
the prefix that means "before"
What is pre-?
200
a part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective?
200
A comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
Words that mean the opposite.
Example: add and subtract
What are antonyms?
200
a Japanese poem composed of three un-rhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
What is a haiku?
200
the prefix for "again"
What is re-?
300
a word that represents an action or a state of being
What is a verb?
300
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects is called...
What is personification?
300
words that sound the same but have different meanings
Example: there, their, they're
What are homonyms?
300
A poem about me
What is a bio poem?
300
the root word that means "three"
What is tri?
400
at, around, under, in, into, with, over, near, on, to, for, from are all examples of...
What are prepositions?
400
a set of words that can have more than one meaning behind them
Example: under the weather
What is an idiom?
400
talking about how things are similar and/or different is...
What is compare and contrast?
400
this poem is made up of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set fixed metrical pattern
What is free verse?
400
Many English words use ________ and ________ roots.
What is Greek and Latin?
500
A brief exclamation, often containing only one word: "Oh!", "Gee!", "Ouch!"
What is an interjection?
500
shows relationships between words
Example: cheerful is to bubbly as gloomy is to unhappy
What is an analogy?
500
when two words are combined into one
Example: are not ---> aren't
What is a contraction?
500
A short poem consisting of five lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another. Lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other.