Language Arts Review
A complete grammar, vocabulary, reading, punctuation, and figurative language review.
The board
Swipe the board sideways · 5 categories
| Parts of Speech | Vocabulary | Reading | Punctuation | Figurative Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea | 100A word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another | 100The person or voice telling a story | 100The mark used to show possession in the phrase Mia's book | 100A comparison using like or as |
| 200A word that shows an action or state of being | 200A word with the opposite meaning of another | 200The time and place in which a story happens | 200The mark that can join two closely related complete sentences | 200A direct comparison that says one thing is another |
| 300A word that describes a noun | 300The meaning of a word found by using nearby words and sentences | 300The main problem in a story | 300The punctuation marks placed around a speaker's exact words | 300Giving human qualities to something nonhuman |
| 400A word that often describes how an action happens | 400A word part added to the beginning of a word | 400The central message or lesson in a text | 400The mark used after a strong exclamation | 400An intentional exaggeration not meant literally |
| 500A word used in place of a noun, such as she or they | 500A book or resource that lists words and their meanings | 500A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning | 500The mark often used to separate items in a list | 500A word that imitates a sound, such as hiss |
Ages 9 to 12 · 25 of 25 clues written · final round · about 20 minutes
26 of 26 answers carry the sentence they were checked against
Play time assumes about 40 seconds a clue plus three minutes for the final round. Nothing is saved to a server and no account is needed. How answers are checked.
Player sheet
Language Arts Review · Ages 9 to 12 · answers are on the host key
Parts of Speech
- 100 A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea
- 200 A word that shows an action or state of being
- 300 A word that describes a noun
- 400 A word that often describes how an action happens
- 500 A word used in place of a noun, such as she or they
Vocabulary
- 100 A word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another
- 200 A word with the opposite meaning of another
- 300 The meaning of a word found by using nearby words and sentences
- 400 A word part added to the beginning of a word
- 500 A book or resource that lists words and their meanings
Reading
- 100 The person or voice telling a story
- 200 The time and place in which a story happens
- 300 The main problem in a story
- 400 The central message or lesson in a text
- 500 A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning
Punctuation
- 100 The mark used to show possession in the phrase Mia's book
- 200 The mark that can join two closely related complete sentences
- 300 The punctuation marks placed around a speaker's exact words
- 400 The mark used after a strong exclamation
- 500 The mark often used to separate items in a list
Figurative Language
- 100 A comparison using like or as
- 200 A direct comparison that says one thing is another
- 300 Giving human qualities to something nonhuman
- 400 An intentional exaggeration not meant literally
- 500 A word that imitates a sound, such as hiss
Final round: Story Structure
This part of a story shows how the main conflict is settled.
Host key
Language Arts Review · keep this sheet · it carries the answers
Parts of Speech
- 100 A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea Response: A nounChecked against:
In grammar, a noun is a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, like living creatures, places, actions, events, qualities, states of existence, and ideas.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Noun&oldid=1358395188 - 200 A word that shows an action or state of being Response: A verbChecked against:
A verb is a word that generally conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Verb&oldid=1353749895 - 300 A word that describes a noun Response: An adjectiveChecked against:
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun.
Source: https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adjective&oldid=10587695 - 400 A word that often describes how an action happens Response: An adverbChecked against:
An adverb is a word or an expression that generally modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a determiner, a clause, a preposition, or a sentence.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adverb&oldid=1355039052 - 500 A word used in place of a noun, such as she or they Response: A pronounChecked against:
Pronouns are often used to take the place of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun.
Source: https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pronoun&oldid=10848643
Vocabulary
- 100 A word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another Response: A synonymChecked against:
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that has a similar or identical meaning to another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Synonym&oldid=1346814149 - 200 A word with the opposite meaning of another Response: An antonymChecked against:
An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Opposite&oldid=1355664222 - 300 The meaning of a word found by using nearby words and sentences Response: Context cluesChecked against:
When a reader encounters an unknown word or phrase in a text, context clues are anything in the text that helps them understand or guess the meaning of it.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clue_(information)&oldid=1351890258 - 400 A word part added to the beginning of a word Response: A prefixChecked against:
Adding a prefix to the beginning of an English word changes it to a different word.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prefix&oldid=1361171735 - 500 A book or resource that lists words and their meanings Response: A dictionaryChecked against:
A dictionary is a type of book which explains the meanings of words or, more precisely, lexemes.
Source: https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dictionary&oldid=10782376
Reading
- 100 The person or voice telling a story Response: The narratorChecked against:
Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the audience, particularly about the plot: the series of events.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Narration&oldid=1365104191 - 200 The time and place in which a story happens Response: The settingChecked against:
A setting (or backdrop) is the time and geographic location within a narrative, either non-fiction or fiction.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Setting_(narrative)&oldid=1365621505 - 300 The main problem in a story Response: The conflictChecked against:
Conflict is a major element of narrative or dramatic structure in literature, particularly European and European diaspora literature starting in the 20th century, that adds a goal and opposing forces to add uncertainty as to whether the goal will be achieved.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conflict_(narrative)&oldid=1361133484 - 400 The central message or lesson in a text Response: The themeChecked against:
Themes are ideas that are central to a story, which can often be summed in a single abstract noun (for example, love, death, betrayal, nostalgia, or parenthood) or noun phrase (for example, coming of age, humans in conflict with technology, seeking spirituality in the modern era, or the dangers of unchecked ambition).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theme_(narrative)&oldid=1318249638 - 500 A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning Response: An inferenceChecked against:
Inferences are steps in logical reasoning, moving from premises to logical consequences.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inference&oldid=1358360494
Punctuation
- 100 The mark used to show possession in the phrase Mia's book Response: An apostropheChecked against:
The apostrophe is used in English to indicate what is, for historical reasons, misleadingly called the possessive case in the English language.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apostrophe&oldid=1365606732 - 200 The mark that can join two closely related complete sentences Response: A semicolonChecked against:
In the English language, a semicolon is most commonly used to link (in a single sentence) two independent clauses that are closely related in thought, such as when restating the preceding idea with a different expression.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Semicolon&oldid=1364687483 - 300 The punctuation marks placed around a speaker's exact words Response: Quotation marksChecked against:
Quotation marks are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to identify direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quotation_mark&oldid=1362801953 - 400 The mark used after a strong exclamation Response: An exclamation markChecked against:
A sentence ending in an exclamation mark may represent an exclamation (such as "Wow!"), interjection ("Boo!"), imperative ("Stop!"), or astonishment or surprise: ("They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!").
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exclamation_mark&oldid=1365633070 - 500 The mark often used to separate items in a list Response: A commaChecked against:
The comma is used in many contexts and languages, mainly to separate parts of a sentence such as clauses, and items in lists mainly when there are three or more items listed.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comma&oldid=1363226769
Figurative Language
- 100 A comparison using like or as Response: A simileChecked against:
Similes compare two things explicitly, in English often using the words "like" or "as", whereas metaphors often create an implicit comparison (i.e., saying something "is" something else).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simile&oldid=1361263513 - 200 A direct comparison that says one thing is another Response: A metaphorChecked against:
A metaphor asserts the objects in the comparison are identical on the point of comparison, while a simile merely asserts a similarity through use of words such as like or as.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metaphor&oldid=1364592537 - 300 Giving human qualities to something nonhuman Response: PersonificationChecked against:
Personification is the representation of any thing, being, or abstraction as a person or with person-like qualities.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Personification&oldid=1365704753 - 400 An intentional exaggeration not meant literally Response: HyperboleChecked against:
Rhetorical hyperbole is defined as "extravagant exaggeration employed for rhetorical effect" for First Amendment purposes.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyperbole&oldid=1365137255 - 500 A word that imitates a sound, such as hiss Response: OnomatopoeiaChecked against:
Onomatopoeia is a type of word, or the process of creating a word, that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests a sound that it refers to.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Onomatopoeia&oldid=1358752178
Final round: Story Structure
This part of a story shows how the main conflict is settled. Response: The resolutionChecked against: Conflicts are resolved, creating normality for the characters and a sense of catharsis, or release of tension and anxiety, for the reader.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plot_(narrative)&oldid=1365635007
Every clue, every answer, and what it was checked against
This is what prints on the host key.
Parts of Speech
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea 100
A nounChecked against:
In grammar, a noun is a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, like living creatures, places, actions, events, qualities, states of existence, and ideas.
Source, pinned revisionA word that shows an action or state of being 200
A verbChecked against:
A verb is a word that generally conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand).
Source, pinned revisionA word that describes a noun 300
An adjectiveChecked against:
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun.
Source, pinned revisionA word that often describes how an action happens 400
An adverbChecked against:
An adverb is a word or an expression that generally modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a determiner, a clause, a preposition, or a sentence.
Source, pinned revisionA word used in place of a noun, such as she or they 500
A pronounChecked against:
Pronouns are often used to take the place of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun.
Source, pinned revision
Vocabulary
A word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another 100
A synonymChecked against:
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that has a similar or identical meaning to another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language.
Source, pinned revisionA word with the opposite meaning of another 200
An antonymChecked against:
An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings.
Source, pinned revisionThe meaning of a word found by using nearby words and sentences 300
Context cluesChecked against:
When a reader encounters an unknown word or phrase in a text, context clues are anything in the text that helps them understand or guess the meaning of it.
Source, pinned revisionA word part added to the beginning of a word 400
A prefixChecked against:
Adding a prefix to the beginning of an English word changes it to a different word.
Source, pinned revisionA book or resource that lists words and their meanings 500
A dictionaryChecked against:
A dictionary is a type of book which explains the meanings of words or, more precisely, lexemes.
Source, pinned revision
Reading
The person or voice telling a story 100
The narratorChecked against:
Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the audience, particularly about the plot: the series of events.
Source, pinned revisionThe time and place in which a story happens 200
The settingChecked against:
A setting (or backdrop) is the time and geographic location within a narrative, either non-fiction or fiction.
Source, pinned revisionThe main problem in a story 300
The conflictChecked against:
Conflict is a major element of narrative or dramatic structure in literature, particularly European and European diaspora literature starting in the 20th century, that adds a goal and opposing forces to add uncertainty as to whether the goal will be achieved.
Source, pinned revisionThe central message or lesson in a text 400
The themeChecked against:
Themes are ideas that are central to a story, which can often be summed in a single abstract noun (for example, love, death, betrayal, nostalgia, or parenthood) or noun phrase (for example, coming of age, humans in conflict with technology, seeking spirituality in the modern era, or the dangers of unchecked ambition).
Source, pinned revisionA conclusion based on evidence and reasoning 500
An inferenceChecked against:
Inferences are steps in logical reasoning, moving from premises to logical consequences.
Source, pinned revision
Punctuation
The mark used to show possession in the phrase Mia's book 100
An apostropheChecked against:
The apostrophe is used in English to indicate what is, for historical reasons, misleadingly called the possessive case in the English language.
Source, pinned revisionThe mark that can join two closely related complete sentences 200
A semicolonChecked against:
In the English language, a semicolon is most commonly used to link (in a single sentence) two independent clauses that are closely related in thought, such as when restating the preceding idea with a different expression.
Source, pinned revisionThe punctuation marks placed around a speaker's exact words 300
Quotation marksChecked against:
Quotation marks are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to identify direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase.
Source, pinned revisionThe mark used after a strong exclamation 400
An exclamation markChecked against:
A sentence ending in an exclamation mark may represent an exclamation (such as "Wow!"), interjection ("Boo!"), imperative ("Stop!"), or astonishment or surprise: ("They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!").
Source, pinned revisionThe mark often used to separate items in a list 500
A commaChecked against:
The comma is used in many contexts and languages, mainly to separate parts of a sentence such as clauses, and items in lists mainly when there are three or more items listed.
Source, pinned revision
Figurative Language
A comparison using like or as 100
A simileChecked against:
Similes compare two things explicitly, in English often using the words "like" or "as", whereas metaphors often create an implicit comparison (i.e., saying something "is" something else).
Source, pinned revisionA direct comparison that says one thing is another 200
A metaphorChecked against:
A metaphor asserts the objects in the comparison are identical on the point of comparison, while a simile merely asserts a similarity through use of words such as like or as.
Source, pinned revisionGiving human qualities to something nonhuman 300
PersonificationChecked against:
Personification is the representation of any thing, being, or abstraction as a person or with person-like qualities.
Source, pinned revisionAn intentional exaggeration not meant literally 400
HyperboleChecked against:
Rhetorical hyperbole is defined as "extravagant exaggeration employed for rhetorical effect" for First Amendment purposes.
Source, pinned revisionA word that imitates a sound, such as hiss 500
OnomatopoeiaChecked against:
Onomatopoeia is a type of word, or the process of creating a word, that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests a sound that it refers to.
Source, pinned revision
Final round
This part of a story shows how the main conflict is settled.
The resolutionChecked against:
Conflicts are resolved, creating normality for the characters and a sense of catharsis, or release of tension and anxiety, for the reader.
Source, pinned revision
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