Parts of Speech
A person, place or thing.
What is a noun?
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
She is as busy as a bee.
What is a simile?
Show similarities between two things. (Starts with a C)
What is to compare?
Wrote a story about a young wizard nicknamed "The Boy Who Lived".
Who is J.K. Rowling?
What is the definition of chronological?
An action word that describes what a noun is doing.
What is a verb?
Giving human traits to nonhuman things.
The leaves whispered in the wind.
What is personification?
Show differences between two things. (Starts with a C)
What is to contrast?
Wrote a story about "The Girl On Fire", who won a deadly game of survival.
Who is Suzanne Collins?
What is the definition of harass?
What is "To bother or disturb someone"?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
Use of words that mimic the sound of the noise they are describing.
My heart thumped and boomed in my chest.
What is an onomatopoeia?
To give a clear, detailed, and precise meaning to a word, phrase, or passage. (Starts with a D)
What is to define?
Uses myths and legends to tell about the son of Poseidon in his popular series.
Who is Rick Riordan?
What is the definition of obsolete?
A word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. (Ex. James walked the dog. becomes HE walked the dog.)
What is a pronoun?
A description using two opposite ideas.
Jumbo Shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
To explain a position, belief, or answer in extra detail. (Starts with an E)
What is to elaborate?
Famous for his work in horror stories including Carrie, Kujo, and The Shining.
Who is Stephen King?
What is the definition of probable?
What is "likely to happen"?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.
What is a conjunction?
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of one or more words.
She sells seashells by the sea shore.
What is an alliteration?
To examine closely to find essential points. (Starts with an A)
What is to analyze?
The author of many children's books including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG. Also wrote horror short stories including Lamb to the Slaughter and The Landlady.
Who is Roald Dahl?
What is the definition of rebuke?
What is "To disapprove of"?