Literature
Grammar
Vocabulary
Writing
Figurative Language
100

The main character in Where the Red Fern Grows. 

Who is Billy Coleman? 

100

A person, place or thing. 

What is a noun? 

100

Words exchanged between characters in writing. 

What is dialogue?

100

The first paragraph in an essay most often referred to as what? 

What is the introduction? 

100

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words. 

What is alliteration? 

200

The antagonist in Tuck Everlasting.

Who is the man in the yellow suit? 
200

A word that describes nouns. 

What is an adjective?
200

Something totally out of the ordinary. 

What is an anomaly? 

200

The final paragraph in an argumentative essay. 

What is the conclusion? 

200

Comparing two things that are not alike as if they are equal without using the words, "like" or "as." 

What is a metaphor? 

300

The lesson learned by characters and the reader in a story. 

What is theme?
300

The combination of the word "to" plus a verb; for example: "to laugh" is called what? 

What is an infinitive? 

300
A sentimental longing for the past. 

What is nostalgic? 

300

Writers must have this in their essays in order to back up their opinions and arguments which can often come from research.

What is text evidence? 
300
Giving personality traits and  human characteristics to inhuman objects. 

What is personification? 

400

The turning point in story where everything changes. 

What is climax? 

400

"When she eats tiger meat, she gets sick," is an example of what kind of sentence?

What is a complex sentence? 

400
Complete and total chaos. 
What is pandemonium?
400

The type of essay that explains or gives information about a nonfiction topic. 

What is an explanatory essay? 

400

When the author writes something that hints at what may happen in future for the characters? 

What is foreshadowing? 

500

Fiona, Jonas' crush in The Giver, is given what job at the ceremony of twelve? 

What is a caretaker of the old? 

500
A word ending in "ing" that is used to describe nouns; for example sizzling pizza. 

What is a participle? 

500

Exactly the same words that were originally used. 

What is verbatim? 

500

The type of writing that writes using figurative language, dialogue and description, to illustrate an event like a story. 

What is narrative writing?

500

A saying that reads differently than what it means. For example: "It's raining cats and dogs." 

What is an idiom?