Vocabulary
A word beginning with letter 'a' that means "to make larger or more numerous."
What is augment?
The part of speech that describes an action or state of being.
What is a verb?
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'
What is a simile?
The central message in a piece of writing.
What is a theme?
This word which starts with 'l' is the antonymn for follow.
What is lead?
A synonym for happy that starts with letter 'e'.
What is elated?
The term for a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun,
Who is an adjective?
A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered too harsh or blunt.
What is a euphemism?
The main character ina literary work.
What is protagonist?
I could not eat the bread because it was _________. The word to complete this sentence is the antonym for fresh.
What is a stale?
This word describes something that is not affected by feelings or emotions.
What is "objective"?
A sentence that includes one independent and at least one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
An exaggerated statement.
What is a hyperbole?
This time and place in which a story occurs.
What is setting?
A synonym for look hard at as in the sentence "He looks at himself in the mirror without blinking.
What is stare.
A word meaning expressing feelings or thoughts in a clear and effective way through speech.
What is articulate?
The grammatical term for the word 'quickly' in She ran quickly.
What is an adverb??
The repetition of the consonant sounds or blends in close proximity to each other in a sentence.
What is alliteration?
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is a conflict?
What they liked best was baking cookies. What is a synonym for liked best?
HINT: Answer begins with an e.
What is enjoyed?
A word used for a device which compares two or more things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor.?
The name of the punctuation mark used to join two independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
Giving human qualities to non humans.
What is personification?
The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
This simple word is an antonym for empty.
What is full?