Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
Category 4
Category 5
Category 6
$200 Question from
Category 1
What is a simile?
Answer
$200 Answer from
Category 1
Simile: Comparison
Using like or as.
$400 Question from
Category 1
What is a metaphor?
Answer
$400 Answer from
Category 1
A metaphor is a
comparison stating
that one thing is the
other.
$600 Question from
Category 1
What is an
Idiom?
Answer
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Category 1
An idiom is a
common saying with
meaning different
from its individual
words.
$800 Question from
Category 1
What is an
adage?
Answer
$800 Answer from
Category 1
An adage is a well
known saying that has
been used for a long
time.
$1000 Question from
Category 1
What is a
proverb?
Answer
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Category 1
A proverb is a well
known saying that
has been used for a
long time. Proverbs
give advice.
$200 Question from
Category 2
What is a
synonym?
Answer
$200 Answer from
Category 2
A synonym is a word
that has the same or
nearly the same
meaning as another
word.
$400 Question from
Category 2
What is an
antonym?
Answer
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Category 2
An antonym is a word
that has opposite
meaning as another
word.
$600 Question from
Category 2
What is a root?
Answer
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Category 2
A root is a word part
that usually can’t
stand alone as a word.
$800 Question from
Category 2
What is an affix?
Answer
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Category 2
An affix is a word
part that is added to
a root to make a
word. There are
prefixes and suffixes.
$1000 Question from
Category 2
What is a prefix?
Answer
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Category 2
A prefix is a word part
that comes at the
beginning of a word. It
is a type of affix.
$200 Question from
Category 3
What is a suffix?
Answer
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Category 3
A suffix is a word part
that comes at the end
of the word. It is a
type of affix.
$400 Question from
Category 3
What is a
dictionary and
what does it
include?
Answer
$400 Answer from
Category 3
A dictionary lists words in
alphabetical order. Each
entry includes the entry
word, pronunciation, the part
of speech and the definition
of the word.
$600 Question from
Category 3
Give an example
of a simile.
Answer
$600 Answer from
Category 3
Don’t forget! A simile
should compare two
things using like or
as.
$800 Question from
Category 3
Give an example
of a metaphor.
Answer
$800 Answer from
Category 3
Don’t forget! A
metaphor should
compare two thingsDoes NOT use like or
as.
$1000 Question from
Category 3
What is the
difference between
an adage and a
proverb?
Answer
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Category 3
Both are well known
sayings that have
been used for a long
time. A proverb
usually gives advice
about ways to live.
$200 Question from
Category 4
What is the
theme of a
poem?
Answer
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Category 4
The theme of a poem
is the message or
lesson that the poem
is trying to express.
$400 Question from
Category 4
What is figurative
language?
Answer
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Category 4
Figurative language is
the creative use of
words or phrases to
express more than the
usual meaning of the
words
$600 Question from
Category 4
Describe the
structure of a
poem.
Answer
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Category 4
A poem is organized
into groups of lines
called stanzas.
$800 Question from
Category 4
Describe the
structure of a
play.
Answer
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Category 4
A play is organized into
scenes that present a
certain time or place.
Longer plays have
acts.
$1000 Question from
Category 4
What are visual
elements, and
how could they
help you become
a better reader?
Answer
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Category 4
Visual elements are
illustrations and
photographs that add
detail to the words on the
page. Good readers
“read” not just the words,
but the pictures too.
$200 Question from
Category 5
What is the topic
of a story?
Answer
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Category 5
The subject of that
story.
$400 Question from
Category 5
What does “point
of view” mean?
Answer
$400 Answer from
Category 5
Two people can see the same
event but describe them
differently. Point of view is a
way of thinking about what
happens.
$600 Question from
Category 5
Describe first
person point of
view.
Answer
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Category 5
A person in the story
tells the story. Uses
pronouns “I”, “My”, or
“Me”
$800 Question from
Category 5
Describe second
person point of
view.
Answer
$800 Answer from
Category 5
The narrator is
talking directly to the
reader. Uses
pronouns “You”,
“Your”, or “Yours”
$1000 Question from
Category 5
Describe third
person objective
point of view.
Answer
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Category 5
A narrator outside of
the story tells the
story. Uses pronouns
“He”, “She”, or “They”.
$200 Question from
Category 6
Describe third
person omniscient
point of view.
Answer
$200 Answer from
Category 6
A narrator outside of the
story tells the story. Uses
pronouns “He”, “She”, or
“They”. The narrator knows
what all characters are
thinking or feeling.
$400 Question from
Category 6
Describe third
person limited
point of view.
Answer
$400 Answer from
Category 6
A narrator outside of
the story tells the
story. Uses pronouns
“He”, “She”, or “They”.
$600 Question from
Category 6
What point of
view is a
biography written
in?
Answer
$600 Answer from
Category 6
A biography is written
In first person point of
view.
$800 Question from
Category 6
How can you find
the theme of a
poem?
Answer
$800 Answer from
Category 6
To find the theme of a poem,
pay attention to details and
descriptions, as well as what
the speaker of the poem
thinks about a topic.
$1000 Question from
Category 6
How can you find
the theme of a
story or drama?
Answer
$1000 Answer from
Category 6
Pay attention to main
events, such as how
the characters act,
how they treat others,
or respond to
challenges.