Punctuation
Sentence Types
Figurative Language
Writing Terms
Difficult Ones (Double Points)
100
Choose the sentence that uses a semi-colon correctly: a. Fred went to buy a house; and Cindy went shopping. b. The mashed potatoes will be ready; after the roast is finished. c. The ticket line grew longer; we waited as patiently as we could. d. While Sydney changed the date on the board; other students worked quietly.
What is sentence C: The ticket line grew longer; we waited as patiently as we could.
100
Identify the term for this group of words: Laughing and talking all the way home.
What is a fragment?
100
Identify the term for writing that paints a picture in readers' minds with words. Ex: That girl's blue eyes are as bright as the sun, blue as the sky, but soft as silk.
What is imagery?
100
This is a type of writing that tells a story. It is made up of a conflict, turning point, and resolution.
What is narrative writing?
100
This is the term for the universal message about life of a story or other literary work.
What is theme?
200
Explain the purpose of the words between the commas in this sentence: The box turtle, native to the North American continent, have brightly colored eyes.
What is to give more information about the word before them: turtle. The box turtle, native to the North American continent, have brightly colored eyes.
200
Simple, compound, or complex: The hotel and the subway are both located outside the borders of my map.
What is simple?
200
Identify the type of figurative language used below: The clock on the wall mocked and ridiculed me as I begged it to move faster.
What is personification?
200
This is a type of writing that informs, explains, or persuades. It's made up of an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
What is expository writing?
200
This is the term for the main point of a piece of expository writing; it always has to be broad enough to cover the meaning of the whole text, not just one part of the text.
What is central idea?
300
Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly: a. "Go," shouted my coach, the race has started!" b. "Go," shouted my coach, "the race has started!" c. "Go, shouted my coach, "the race has started!" d. "Go, shouted my coach, the race has started!"
What is sentence B: "Go," shouted my coach, "the race has started!"
300
Simple, compound, or complex: We redecorated the house last year, yet the paint is already scuffed in every room.
What is compound?
300
Identify the type of figurative language used below: Time passes as slow as an elderly snail on the last day of school.
What is a simile?
300
This is the beginning of a piece of writing that must be crafted to engage readers' attention from the very beginning. It must be several sentences in length to be effective.
What is a hook?
300
This is the term for the idea or feeling that a word carries in addition to its dictionary definition. Ex: An author might choose to describe the villain's voice as "hissing" to make readers think the character is like a snake or an angry cat.
What is connotation?
400
Identify what is wrong with the sentence below AND a possible solution to the problem: I like to ride bikes, bikes are my favorite.
What is "it is a run on" and possible options for fixing it include replacing the comma with a semi-colon, adding a conjunction after the comma, and separating the clauses into two sentences.
400
Simple, compound, or complex: Justin's mother frantically cleaned up the flooding water while he serenely turned on the television.
What is complex?
400
Identify the type of figurative language used below: After staying up to see the midnight showing of The Fault in Our Stars, I was so tired I could have slept for a week.
What is hyperbole?
400
Generally found at the end of an introduction, this sentence tells readers what a writing piece will be about, including main idea and supporting details.
What is a thesis statement?
400
Identify the term for the unfair belief about a group of people represented here: One time I had a checker at the grocery store who was very scatterbrained, so now I believe that all employees there are highly unintelligent.
What is a stereotype?
500
What is missing from the sentence below: After the game was over my team went to Braum's for ice cream.
What is a comma after the word "over"? After the game was over, my team went to Braum's for ice cream.
500
Identify the term for this group of words: Students finished reading the book yesterday, the test will be tomorrow.
What is a run-on?
500
Identify the type of figurative language used below: I didn't want to deal with all the work I had to do, so I just buried my head in the sand and ignored it.
What is an idiom?
500
These are words or groups of words that help a writer move between ideas in his or her writing. Some examples include "on the other hand," "of course," and "in addition."
What are transition words/phrases?
500
Identify the term for the slanted judgment represented in this situation: Because the police officer thinks that female drivers are weak and fragile, if they cry, he won't give them a ticket. There's no way for a male driver to get out of a ticket.
What is a bias?
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