Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
Genre
Prefixes
Fun
100
Ouch! I hit my elbow.
What is the injection?
Ouch
100
Time is a thief.
Metaphor
100
What is an autobiography?
A story written about someone's life written by them
100
anti- means
against
100
What is the "Lone Star State"?
Texas
200
Baseball is a popular game throughout the United States.
What is the preposition in the sentence?
throughout
200
This bag weighs a ton.
Hyperbole
200
Mystery/Detective Fiction
200
de-
opposite or go down
200
What is the biggest bone in the human body?
Femur (thigh bone)
300
The two major baseball leagues in North America are the American League and the National League.
Name all the Proper Nouns
North America
American League
National League
300
She is as busy as a bee.
Simile
300
a genre of literature featuring made-up stories, characters, and settings that could plausibly exist
Realistic Fiction
300
Name 3 words that start wit the prefix dis-
discover, dislike, disarm etc.
300
What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
Mercury
400
The hurricane moved slowly.
What is the adverb?
Slowly
400
Those new designer shoes cost an arm and a leg.
Idiom
400
Which main type of genre has a plot?
Fiction
400
fore-
before; front of
400
Who painted the famous artwork "Starry Night?
Vincent van Gogh
500
Out of the shadow of the cliff, Nan felt warmer.
What part of speech is the italicized word?
Linking verb
500
The moon smiled down on the earth.
Personification
500
this genre of speculative fiction that imagines advanced and futuristic elements including robots
Science Fiction
500
inter- means
between
500
Which animal can live the longest without water?
Camel
600
Name all the correlating conjunctions
FANBOYS
For, And Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
600
The clock's ticking echoed in the empty, eerie expanse.
***What part of speech are the words empty, eerie?
Alliteration
Coordinate Adjectives
600
Fairy Tales
600
name 3 words that start with semi-
semifinal, semi-truck, semisweet etc.
600
How many chambers does the human heart have?
4
700
The baseball players put on an amazing showcase.
What is the adjective?
***Extra points if you know why/when you use the word an instead of the word a***
Adj- baseball
Use "an" before words that start with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), however there are exceptions.
700
That pie was awfully good.
Oxymoron
700
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Three Little Pigs
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Fables
700
sub- means
under
700
Which continent is the Sahara Desert located on?
Africa
800
I called my friend, Amy, to come help me with my project.
What part of speech is the word I?
Name a common noun?
Name a Proper noun?
I-Subject Pronoun
friend, project- Common Noun
Amy- Proper Noun
800
Silence your cellphone so that it does not beep during the movie.
Onomatopoeia
800
What is the main author's purpose for writing fiction?
To Entertain
800
Name 5 words that start with re-
redo, rewrite, reject, refill, recalculate, reenter etc.
800
What is the term for a volcano not currently erupting?
Dormat