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.
- Classroom review
- 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.
Comparison with 'like' or 'as'.
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Simile
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'Reluctant' means…
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Unwilling
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Author of 'The Outsiders'.
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S.E. Hinton
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A make-believe story with realistic events.
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Realistic fiction
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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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