Show:
Figurative
Language
Genre
Literary
Elements
Taking the
Test
Potpourri
100
This is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point, like "You're momma is so fat that when she eats cereal, the bowl has a lifeguard on duty.
What is hyperbole?
100
This genre of literature gives factual information and includes text like newspapers, science textbooks, true accounts of war.
What is nonfiction?
100
It is an educated guess based on evidence in the text.
What is to infer or make an inference?
100
You need this to find the correct answer.
What is evidence?
100
The game where you make words with the cards in your hand.
What is Quiddler?
200
A comparison that does not include the word like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200
A story originally told rather than written down because most people did not know how to write way back then.
What is a folktale?
200
This is the main character or hero in a reading selection.
What is the protagonist?
200
The things you should do days before, and especially right before, the test.
What is get a good nights sleep and eat a good breakfast?
200
These types of words sound similar, but have different meanings and spellings.
What are homophones?
300
A comparison that includes the word like or as between the two things being compared.
What is a simile?
300
A story in which science is used to create an extraordinary plot.
What is science fiction?
300
The grouping of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
300
This word appears in many test questions. A synonym for this word is 'influence'.
What is 'affect'?
300
The sound this letter makes is 'ks'.
What is the sound the letter 'x' makes?
400
A word whose sound suggests its meaning.
What is an onomatopoeia?
400
A made-up story that takes place during an actual time in history.
What is historical fiction?
400
This is a meaningful idea that runs throughout a selection.
What is the theme?
400
You should do this after reading the title of the selection.
What is make a prediction?
400
The place where you are not allowed to go swimming.
What is the sink?
500
This is the act of giving human qualities to animals or inanimate objects.
What is personification?
500
A story with characters and events that could not exist in real life and have no basis in science.
What is fantasy?
500
This is the attitude of the writer, shown through his/her writing.
What is tone?
500
You stay in the testing room, making sure you answered all questions and found the evidence for your answers.
What you do when there is still time to work on the test?
500
The student with the shortest amount of time in this class.
Who is Raven, Tiyon, Clarence, or Riccatelli?