Commas
How many commas are missing in this sentence: The man stole fruit bread and milk.
3
Looking back in time
Retrospect
Capital city of Vermont
Montpelier
What is the narrator's name in The House on Mango Street?
Esperanza
What type of figurative language: I have a million things to do today.
Hyperbole
Where should the comma go in this sentence: I was grateful to my teacher so I brought in an apple.
After "teacher"
To fill with sound or make a deep emotional connection
Resonate
Vermont is the leading producer of which iconic agricultural product in the United States?
Maple
What city did the author of the book grow up in?
Chicago
What type of figurative language: The assignment was a breeze.
Metaphor
an independent clause
Related to a fancy word for glasses
Spectral
Before joining the United States as the 14th state in 1791, what was Vermont's official political status as an independent sovereign nation from 1777 to 1791?
Vermont Republic
What is the name of one of the narrator's siblings?
Nenny, Kikki, Carlos
What type of figurative language uses an object or character to stand for some deeper meaning?
Symbol/Symbolism
Where do the commas go in this sentence: The racecar which was decked out in gold and silver stripes flew by my office window.
After "racecar" and after "stripes"
What academic discipline shares a Greek root with the word misanthrope?
Anthropology
Which U.S. President was born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, and took the presidential oath of office by the light of a kerosene lamp in his family homestead?
What is the name of the man that (we assume) owns the junk store the girls visit?
Gil
What do you think the writer is saying about memory here: "Her memory of the event was like a photograph left out in the rain—smudged at the edges and bleeding into the pulp."
That her memory was blurry, and degraded.
What ancient language does the word "comma" come from?
Ancient Greek - It meant "short, broken-off sentence"
What did the Greek root word of the word visceral actually mean?
Viscera meant internal organs
Vermont's original 1777 constitution was groundbreaking in North American history for being the first to do which of the following?
Explicitly prohibit adult slavery
What does "Esperanza" mean in English?
Hope
What is being compared to what in this metaphor: "So I sit spinning still, round this decaying form, the fine threads of rare and subtle thought"
Aging to a spider