What is the direct object in the following sentence.
Zippy and Maurice played soccer with a grapefruit pulled from a backyard tree.
What is soccer
100
Define Tone
What is an attitude a writes takes to the subject or audience
100
What is the theme of Romeo and Juliet?
What is love
100
What year was I born?
What is 1985
100
The monster stopped and froze. Its great lantern eye blinked. Its mouth gaped.
What type of figurative language is used in this excerpt?
What is metaphor
200
Identify the main verb and the helping verb in the following sentence.
I am writing this sentence
What is am (helping verb) writing (verb)
200
What is an indefinite pronoun?
What is a pronoun that does not refer to any person, amount, or thing in particular
Example:anything, something, everyone, anyone
200
What was the theme of "Animal Farm"
What is power corrupts people
200
I have three dogs, give me two out of the three names
What is Grizz, Roy, Ruth
200
In the sentence below what does "subterranean" mean?
"Only then did the body, like a little island of black coral and shells and crayfish, drip up from the subterranean
What is operating below the surface of Earth, underground
300
Is this subject/agreement correct and if it is not how could you change it to correct it.
The reasons Martin is unable to try out for the football team is too many to count.
What is incorrect and are
300
What is theme?
What is the central topic
300
What is the theme of "The Gettysburg Address"
What is our nations ideals are worth preserving.
300
Who is my celebrity crush?
What is Chris Pine
300
What do the words somber and reverent mean?
What is gloomy, sad
Bonus* Find a passage from the two texts that matches this definition.
400
Define pronoun/antecedent agreement.
What is A pronoun antecedent is a word that comes before a pronoun to which the pronoun refers.
400
What is Point of View?
What is the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, essay etc.
Bonus*-what Point of View is the Fog Horn?
400
What is the theme of "The Fog Horn?"
What is loneliness
400
If I could have a vacation house anywhere where would it be?
What is the Oregon Coast
400
Why does the author repeat "the Fog Horn blew" throughout the story?
What is the sea creature's actions are in a direct response to the sound of the Fog Horn
500
What are the nine parts of speech?
What is noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, article, interjection, conjunction, preposition
500
Define mood.
What is literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
What is the mood in The Fog Horn?
500
What was the theme of "The Scarlet Ibis."
What is pride
500
What animals did I used to show in 4-H?
What is horses and pigs
*Bonus-what is the name of one of my horses, it is a popular kids drink
500
What does the sea creature believe the lighthouse to be?