This board helps players review English / ELA · Reading · 5th grade (grade 5) elementary through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Fiction Skills, Informational Text, Figurative Language, Grammar, Writing & Evidence. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.
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- Test prep
- Team trivia
- Group play
- Family game night
A peek at what's on the board — 5 categories and one sample clue from each. Answers stay hidden until you open them, so the game still works.
What is the main character called?
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Protagonist
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What text structure gives steps in time order?
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Sequence
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What comparison uses like or as?
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Simile
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What joins two independent clauses with a comma?
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Coordinating conjunction
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What is a writer's position on a topic called?
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Claim
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Board content
Fiction Skills
- $100 — What is the main character called?
- Protagonist
- $200 — What is the force working against the main character called?
- Antagonist
- $300 — What is a character's reason for behaving a certain way?
- Motivation
- $400 — What is the lesson or message of a text called?
- Theme
- $500 — What is a character who changes during the story called?
- Dynamic character
Informational Text
- $100 — What text structure gives steps in time order?
- Sequence
- $200 — What text structure explains a problem and possible fixes?
- Problem and solution
- $300 — What text feature lists chapters and page numbers?
- Table of contents
- $400 — What text feature labels parts of a picture?
- Diagram
- $500 — What text structure explains similarities and differences?
- Compare and contrast
Figurative Language
- $100 — What comparison uses like or as?
- Simile
- $200 — What comparison says one thing is another?
- Metaphor
- $300 — What gives human traits to nonhuman things?
- Personification
- $400 — What is an extreme exaggeration?
- Hyperbole
- $500 — What phrase means something different from its literal words?
- Idiom
Grammar
- $100 — What joins two independent clauses with a comma?
- Coordinating conjunction
- $200 — What is a sentence with two independent clauses called?
- Compound sentence
- $300 — What word replaces a noun?
- Pronoun
- $400 — What is the correct term for a verb's time?
- Tense
- $500 — What punctuation often introduces a list?
- Colon
Writing & Evidence
- $100 — What is a writer's position on a topic called?
- Claim
- $200 — What supports a claim with proof from a text?
- Evidence
- $300 — What explains how evidence supports a claim?
- Reasoning
- $400 — What sentence wraps up a paragraph's idea?
- Concluding sentence
- $500 — What is giving credit to a source called?
- Citation
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