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Middle School ELA Review

Middle school English (6–8) · Easy · 15-20 min

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This board helps players review English / ELA · Middle School (grades 6-8) through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Grammar Check, Reading Skills, Literary Devices, Writing, Vocabulary. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Grammar Check

    What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea?

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    Noun

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  • Reading Skills

    What is the central message or lesson of a story called?

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    Theme

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  • Literary Devices

    What comparison uses like or as?

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    Simile

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  • Writing

    What sentence states the main idea of an essay?

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    Thesis statement

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  • Vocabulary

    What is a word with the opposite meaning called?

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    Antonym

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Grammar Check

$100 — What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea?
Noun
$200 — What punctuation mark ends a direct question?
Question mark
$300 — What part of speech modifies a verb?
Adverb
$400 — What is the subject in: The tired dog slept?
Dog
$500 — What type of sentence gives a command?
Imperative

Reading Skills

$100 — What is the central message or lesson of a story called?
Theme
$200 — What do you call a guess based on text evidence?
Inference
$300 — What is a story's time and place called?
Setting
$400 — What is the struggle between opposing forces called?
Conflict
$500 — What is the narrator's attitude toward a subject called?
Tone

Literary Devices

$100 — What comparison uses like or as?
Simile
$200 — What gives human qualities to nonhuman things?
Personification
$300 — What is repeated beginning consonant sound called?
Alliteration
$400 — What is an extreme exaggeration called?
Hyperbole
$500 — What device hints at events that will happen later?
Foreshadowing

Writing

$100 — What sentence states the main idea of an essay?
Thesis statement
$200 — What paragraph wraps up an essay?
Conclusion
$300 — What should every body paragraph support?
Main idea
$400 — What do writers use to connect ideas smoothly?
Transitions
$500 — What is revising mostly focused on improving?
Content

Vocabulary

$100 — What is a word with the opposite meaning called?
Antonym
$200 — What is a word with a similar meaning called?
Synonym
$300 — What word part comes before a root word?
Prefix
$400 — What word part comes after a root word?
Suffix
$500 — What clue uses nearby words to figure out meaning?
Context clue

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