Working With Words Parts of Speech Literary Terms Academic Vocabulary Fiction Vocabulary

Parts of Speech– 10 Points QUESTION: The underlined word represents which part of speech? The dog ran outside. ANSWER: Verb

Parts of Speech– 20 Points QUESTION: The underlined word represents which part of speech? The huge dog ran outside. ANSWER: Adjective

Parts of Speech – 30 Points QUESTION: The underlined word represents which part of speech? The huge dog ran under the table. ANSWER: Preposition

Parts of Speech – 40 Points QUESTION: The underlined word represents which part of speech? The dog and the kid ran under the table. ANSWER: Conjunction

Parts of Speech – 50 Points QUESTION: The underlined word represents which part of speech? The dog and the kid ran quickly under the table. ANSWER: Adverb

Literary Terms – 10 Points QUESTION: This picture is an example of what literary term? ANSWER: Simile

Literary Terms – 20 Points QUESTION: This picture is an example of what literary term? ANSWER: Metaphor

Literary Terms – 30 Points QUESTION: The picture is an example of what literary term? ANSWER: Irony

Literary Terms – 40 Points QUESTION: The picture represents what literary term? ANSWER: Foreshadowing

Literary Terms – 50 Points QUESTION: The picture represents what literary term? ANSWER: Paradox

Academic Vocabulary – 10 Points QUESTION: Which academic vocabulary word means to show how things are different? ANSWER: Contrast

Academic Vocabulary – 20 Points QUESTION: Which academic vocabulary word means to make a judgment and support it with evidence? ANSWER: Evaluate

Academic Vocabulary – 30 Points QUESTION: Which academic vocabulary word means to prove or to support a position with specific facts and reasons? ANSWER: Justify

Academic Vocabulary – 40 Points QUESTION: Which academic vocabulary word means to systematically and critically examine all parts of an issue or event? ANSWER: Analyze

Academic Vocabulary – 50 Points QUESTION: Which academic vocabulary word means to read between the lines or to use knowledge or experience to draw conclusions, make generalizations, or form predictions? ANSWER: Infer

Fiction Vocabulary – 10 Points QUESTION: Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird is an example of a/an ________________________. ANSWER: Protagonist

Fiction Vocabulary – 20 Points QUESTION: In Batman, Joker is an example of what? ANSWER: Antagonist (also character foil, but we haven’t gone over that yet.)

Fiction Vocabulary – 30 Points QUESTION: What type of narration is this example: ANSWER: Third person omniscent

Fiction Vocabulary – 40 Points QUESTION: What type of point of view is this example? ANSWER: First person

Fiction Vocabulary – 50 Points QUESTION: The following are examples of what? Money can’t buy happiness. Don’t judge people based on the surface. It’s better to die free than live under tyranny. ANSWER: Theme

Working with Words – 10 Points QUESTION: What two grammatical errors are in the following sentence? Dwight D Eisenhower was born in Denison Texas, on October 14, ANSWER: D., Denison, Texas

Working with Words – 20 Points QUESTION: This picture represents which word that means full of pride and arrogance? ANSWER: Hubris

Working with Words – 30 Points QUESTION: These are examples of what? ANSWER: Prefixes

Working with Words – 40 Points QUESTION: This image refers to what term? ANSWER: Connotation

Working with Words – 50 Points QUESTION: What is an affix? Give an example. ANSWER: An element added to the beginning or the ending of a word. Examples: im-, in-, pre-, -est, -tion.