A. The crowd screamed crazily for the show to start.
B. The boys seemed sad after their loss.
C. Erik is a growing boy.
D. They are probably going to miss dinner.
100
A factual account of a person's life written by someone else is?
A. Memoir
B. Autobiography
C. Fiction
D. Biography
100
Who is murdered in the book?
Hollybrass
100
Why do chapters in mysteries end in "cliffhangers"?
A. Build suspense
B. Throw reader off track
C. Tie suspect to the the crime
D. To give readers clues
100
What is good voice in writing?
A. prewriting to develop ideas
B. Checking for punctuation
C. Matching style to purpose and audience
D. Use a variety of sentence starters
200
What is the linking verb in the sentence: Students become nervous before important tests.
A. Become
B. Before
C. Nervous
D. Exams.
200
Autobiography that expresses more of a writer's emotions
A. Biography
B. Memoir
C. Fiction Piece
D. New Article
200
What did Charlotte find in the forecastle?
Round Robin
200
A criminal is
A. protagonist
B. antagonist
C. supporting character
D. minor character
200
Using lively verbs, precise nouns, and accurate modifiers are good what?
A. word choice
B. organization
C. ideas
D. presentation
300
What type of verb is in quotation marks in the sentence: Sarah "believed" Beth's version of the truth.
A. action
B. linking
C. helping
D. adverb
300
Both autobiographies and biographies are written in this order
A. Chronological
B. Cause and Effect
C. Most to least important
D. Compare/Contrast
300
Who was captain of the Seahawk when it reached America?
Charlotte
300
An example of climbing or rising action in a mystery is?
A. capturing the criminal
B. introducing characters
C. descriptions of the setting
D. detective discovering clues
300
What is an example of a show don't tell description in writing?
A. I am scared
B. The tall grey house
C. My heart was racing
D. The door slowly opened
400
What is an adverb?
A. modifies a noun or pronoun
B. Expresses a state of being
C. Connects a subject to a describing word
D. Modifies a verb, adverb, or adjective
400
Which of the following would be the most factual?
A. memoir
B. autobiography
C. journal
D. biography
400
Why did Jaggery kill Hollybrass?
To keep him from telling the shipping company that he had steered into the hurricane on purpose.
400
Which best describes the conflict in a mystery?
A. external between detective and criminal
B. external between detective and witnesses
C. internal where the detective questions his abilities and instincts
D. internal where the criminal questions his bad choices
400
Why use a snapshot?
A. tell about past events
B. provide detailed descriptions
C. entertain the reader
D. build suspense
500
Quotation marks are used for all of the following except?
A. Songs
B. Short Stories
C. Novels
D. Book chapters
500
Is an autobiography or biography when someone writes a book about themselves?
Autobiography
500
Why was Charlotte traveling to America alone?
Her father wanted her to stay and finish the school year before she joined the family in Providence.
500
The technique in a mystery that builds tension is
A. rising action
B. suspense
C. adding details
D. foreshadowing
500
What is an example of a thoughtshot?
A. flashbacks
B. flashaheads
C. Internal dialogue
D. All of the above