English Language Arts Jeopardy

Figurative Parts of Language

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Figurative Language for

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What is alliteration?
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Figurative Language for

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What is onomatopoeia?
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Figurative Language for

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What is a metaphor?
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Figurative Language for

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What is a simile?
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Figurative Language for

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What is personification?
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Affixes for $100

What does the prefix “pre” mean?
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Affixes for $200

What does the suffix “er” mean?
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Affixes for $300

What does the prefix “bio” mean?
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Affixes for $400

What does the suffix “ful” mean?
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Affixes for $500

What does the prefix “mis” mean?
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Parts of Speech for $100

OH, I forgot to tell you that your sister
called.
What part of speech is OH?
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Parts of Speech for $200

Many YOUNG children are afraid of the

dark.
What part of speech is YOUNG?
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Parts of Speech for $300

What part of speech modifies or

describes a verb?
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Parts of Speech for $400

What part of speech names a person,

place, thing, or idea?
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Parts of Speech for $500

What are the 8 parts of speech?

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Language Usage for $100

Guadalupe! Don't hit it! What does IT
refer to in the sentence?
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Language Usage for

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Ruth asked, "Why did you choose that bicycle?

Which part of the sentence contains a MISTAKE?

What is it?
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Language Usage for

$300
Goggles are used for many different reasons. Swimmers wear them to
protect their eyes from chlorine. Mechanics wear goggles to avoid
getting particles in their eyes. Children often wear goggles for fun.

What is the topic sentence?

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Language Usage for

$400
What needs to be corrected in the sentence below?

He is my favorite soccer player on the mexican team.

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Language Usage for

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What is wrong with the sentence below?

It is nearly half past five we cannot reach town before

dark.
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Writing for $100

This type of writing attempts to change
the mind of its intended audience.
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Writing for $200

This type of writing paints a picture
with words or creates imagery. It
appeals to readers' five senses.
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Writing for $300

This type of writing is often anecdotal,
experiential, personal or fictional.
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Writing for $400

This type of writing explains or informs.
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Writing for $500

In an argumentative text, the position
the author takes is known as the...
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Answer for Figurative

Language $100
the repetition of consonant sounds at
the beginning of words
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Language $200
when words imitate a sound that they
make
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Language $300
a comparison of two unlike things
without using the words like, as, or if
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Answer for Figurative

Language $400
comparison of two unlike things using
like, as or if
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Answer for Figurative

Language $500
giving non-living things or animals
human qualities
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before
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someone or something that performs an
action
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life
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full of
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wrong or erroneous
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Answer for Parts of

Speech $100
interjection
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adjective
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Speech $300

adverb
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Speech $400

noun
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Speech $500

noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb,

preposition, conjunction, interjection
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Answer for Language

Usage $100
There is not enough information in the
sentence to know.
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Answer for Language

Usage $200
The quote, it does not have a closing
quotation marks.
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Answer for Language

Usage $300
Goggles are used for many different
reasons.
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Answer for Language

Usage $400
Mexican needs to be capitalized because
it is a proper noun.
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Answer for Language

Usage $500
It is a run-on sentence.
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Answer for Writing $100

argumentative or persuasive
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descriptive
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narrative
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expository or informational
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Answer for Writing $500

claim