Vocabulary Game

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Vocabulary Game

• Amy Dent, TIS
• April 2006

Lets Play!!
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The repetition of the same or very similar
consonant sounds in words that are close
together Example The sleek snake slithered along
the path.
same sound
alliteration
fable
irony
100-1
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A nonfiction (true) story that tells facts about
a person who really lived it tells the life of a
real person
biography
fantasy
myth
personification
100-2
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Click on the definition for the word. Character
A pot with a crooked handle
A scene that breaks the normal time order of the
plot to show a past event.
Conversation between two or more people
A person or an animal in a story, play, or other
literary work
100-3
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The overall emotion created by a work of
literature
plot
mood
realistic fiction
idiom
100-4
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Click on the definition for the word. Rhyme
the attitude a writer takes
the repetition of sounds
beat of a drum
the time and place of a story
100-5
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a story that tells about things that could not
really happen except in ones imagination
nonfiction
free verse
main idea
fantasy
100-6
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when a person writes a story, or history of his
own life
autobiography
dialect
waiter
personification
200-1
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Click on the definition for the word. Fable
scene that breaks the normal time order of the
plot to show a past event
A short story that teaches a lesson, usually
about animals who talk and act as people do
A story with no known author, originally passed
on from one generation to another by word of
mouth
The condition where you whine and complain about
reading a book over 200 pages and then you end
up liking it.
200-2
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stories or other selections that are based on
truth and that tells facts about real people,
things, or events.
nonfiction
folk tale
imagery
made up stuff
200-3
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The time and place of a story
clock
setting
metaphor
Tall tale
200-4
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Click on the definition for the word. Main Idea
A nonfiction selection which gives the reader
information about a subject
The use of clues or hints to suggest events that
will occur later in the plot
The most important idea expressed in a piece of
writing
The overall emotion created be a work of
literature
200-5
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A word or phrase that describes one thing in
terms of something else and is not literally
true (Mom erupted like a volcano when saw the
mess in the kitchen)
jokes
alliteration
dialect
figurative language
200-6
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stories or other selections about people. Things,
or events that are produced by the authors
imagination
fiction
lies
irony
metaphor
400-1
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Click on the definition for the word. Dialogue
The most important or exciting event in the plot
of a story
Conversation between two or more characters
Language that appeals to the senses- sight,
sound, touch, taste, and smell
The series of related events or happenings that
make up a story
400-2
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a group of words that has a meaning that is quite
different from the meaning the words usually
have (example It is raining cats and dogs.)
refrain
legend
idiom
humor
400-3
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A comparison between two unlike things in which
one thing is said to be another thing in the
comparison (ex. Her hands are ice.)
fable
foreshadowing
onomatopoeia
metaphor
400-4
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Click on the definition for the word. Free verse
A sale at Wal-mart with free drinks at the door
The vantage point from which the story is told
The pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of lines
in poem
Poetry that is free of a regular meter and
rhyme scheme
400-5
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A believable story because it tells about things
that could happen and about people who seem real
but are not.
realistic fiction
tall tale
mood
conflict
400-6
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The use of a word whose sound imitates or
suggests its meaning (ex. Boom! Zap!)
onomatopoeia
nonfiction
alliteration
dialect
800-1
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Click on the definition for the word. Conflict
A way of speaking characteristic of a particular
region or of a particular group of people.
A struggle or clash between opposing characters
or opposing forces
A repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines
in a poem or song
An exaggerated story the story is told in such
an exaggerated way that it is not believable
800-2
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A musical quality produced by the repetition of
stressed and unstressed syllables or by the
repetition of other sound patterns
song
rhythum
tone
theme
800-3
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Click on the definition for the word. Simile
When a person writes a story, or history of his
own life
Supposedly happened long ago involve fantastic
characters, make believe, and center on some
problem
The repetition of sounds within lines
A comparison between two unlike things using a
word such as like or as
800-4
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Figurative language in which a nonhuman thing or
quality is talked about as if it were human (ex.
The leaves danced along the sidewalk.)
biography
folk tale
myth
personification
800-5
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A contrast between what is expected and what
really happens (ex. Elephant runs away from a
mouse)
idiom
igloo
irony
iron
800-6
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Instructions

• Each team consist of 3 4 players
• Each team designates a person to be the
  buzzer. That person will stand when the team is
  ready to answer. No actual buzzing please.
• The host will read the question and answers in
  their entirety before participants may respond.
• Team members may discuss possible answers. Only
  the buzzer may respond.
• The buzzer will respond only when recognized.
  No blurting out answers