Spellings 2

Question 1

Penetrating, cutting, biting

Answer 1

Incisive

Question 2

A cut or gash

Answer 2

Incision

Question 3

Tools used for cutting

Answer 3

Scissors

Question 4

Clearly stated, accurate

Answer 4

Precise

Question 5

Definite, clear-cut

Answer 5

Decisive

Question 6

Brief and direct

Answer 6

Concise

Question 7

An unbeliever

Answer 7

Infidel

Question 8

To trust

Answer 8

Confide

Question 9

One you trust with secrets

Answer 9

Confidant

Question 10

Genuine or real

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Bona fide

Question 11

A report of related events presented to listeners or readers, in words arranged in a logical sequence

Answer 11

Narrative

Question 12

A person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story

Answer 12

Character

Question 13

A common figure of speech that explicitly compares two things usually considered different. Most similes are introduced by like or as

Answer 13

Simile

Question 14

A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.

Answer 14

Metaphor

Question 15

The same sound at the start of a series of words

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Alliteration

Question 16

To use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such away that it appeals to our physical senses

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Imagery

Question 17

A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

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Repetition

Question 18

A group of related words that sense. It can be a statement, question, exclamation or command

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Sentence

Question 19

Two or more characters to be engaged in a conversation with one another

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Dialogue

Question 20

When you take a passage from a book or poem and repeat it as written without changing any of the words

Answer 20

Quotation