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Middle School Reading & Vocab

6th-8th ELA · Medium · 15 min

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This board helps players review Middle School · ELA through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Devices, Vocab, Common Books, Genre, Comprehension. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Devices

    Comparison with 'like' or 'as'.

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    Simile

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  • Vocab

    'Reluctant' means…

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    Unwilling

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  • Common Books

    Author of 'The Outsiders'.

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    S.E. Hinton

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  • Genre

    A make-believe story with realistic events.

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    Realistic fiction

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  • Comprehension

    Author's central message.

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    Theme

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Devices

$100 — Comparison with 'like' or 'as'.
Simile
$200 — Comparison without 'like' or 'as'.
Metaphor
$300 — Giving human traits to non-humans.
Personification
$400 — Extreme exaggeration.
Hyperbole
$500 — Repeated initial consonant sounds.
Alliteration

Vocab

$100 — 'Reluctant' means…
Unwilling
$200 — 'Curious' means…
Eager to learn
$300 — 'Wary' means…
Cautious
$400 — 'Genuine' means…
Real, true
$500 — 'Tedious' means…
Boring and long

Common Books

$100 — Author of 'The Outsiders'.
S.E. Hinton
$200 — Author of 'Holes'.
Louis Sachar
$300 — Author of 'The Giver'.
Lois Lowry
$400 — Author of 'Bridge to Terabithia'.
Katherine Paterson
$500 — Author of 'A Wrinkle in Time'.
Madeleine L'Engle

Genre

$100 — A make-believe story with realistic events.
Realistic fiction
$200 — A story set in a far-future or imagined world.
Science fiction
$300 — A scary story.
Horror
$400 — A true story about a person's life.
Biography
$500 — A poem telling a story.
Narrative poem

Comprehension

$100 — Author's central message.
Theme
$200 — The order of events in a story.
Plot
$300 — A character vs. nature is what conflict type?
External (character vs. nature)
$400 — Author's purpose — to make you feel = ?
Entertain (or persuade)
$500 — Cite text evidence means…
Quote/reference the text to support your answer

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