What type of agreement is shown below:
Darrius agrees to move out at 24.
They agreed that it would be best for him.
What is subject-verb agreement?
100
In this text structure, you are usually given a dilemma and then a proposal for how to fix it.
What is problem-solution?
100
In "A Child Called IT," this theme can be seen in the following quotation: "Once home, mother ordered me to strip off my clothes and stand by the kitchen stove. I shook from a combination of fear and embarrassment."
What is the theme of fear?
100
Which of the following is correct?
1. "Sharon, we've got to get going!" said Shanice. OR
2. "Sharon, we've got to get going"!, said Shanice.
1. "Sharon, we've got to get going!" said Shanice.
100
The name of the youngest child in the Pelzer family
What is Kevin?
200
Which letter in the alphabet is ALWAYS capitalized, when it stands by itself?
What is "I"?
200
The believability or reliability of an author or a source of information is called its what?
What is credibility?
200
In "A Child Called IT," this theme can be seen in the following quotation: "I wanted to scream, but I refused to give Mother th epleasure of hearing me cry."
What is the theme of the perseverance of the human spirit or the theme of courage?
200
Convert the following fragment into a complete sentence:
"After I went to the store." Be sure to use proper punctuation!
After I went to the store, _______________________.
200
What were the titles of Chapters 4 and 5 in the novel?
What is "The Fight for Food" (Chapter 4) and "The Accident" (Chapter 5)?
300
Names like the "White House" and "Superintendent Mike Miles" are capitalized because they are ___________
What are proper nouns?
300
This rhetorical mode is used by writers when they want to explain how to do something or how something was done.
What is "process analysis?"
300
In "A Child Called IT," this theme can be seen in the following quotation: "At school I was a total outcast. No other kid had anything to do with me."
What is the theme of loneliness or human isolation?
300
Denunciatory or abusive language; discourse that casts blame on somebody or something.
What is "invective?"
300
What is the significance of Swiss cheese in the novel?
The boy describes his t-shirt as being as holy as Swiss cheese.
400
Write a sentence that shows correct usage of a semicolon.
For example: Jared and Mitchell wanted to play baseball outside; however, the rain made their decision for them.
400
This rhetorical mode explains why things should be or should have been done. It explains the processes responsible for the process.
What is "cause and effect?"
400
A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.
What is "litote?"
400
Any of several rhetorical devices involving departure from normal word order. Ex: "His was a countenance sad."
What is "Hyperbaton?"
400
In the novel, the "gas chamber" was a mixture of which two deadly chemicals?
What is ammonia and Clorox (bleach)?
500
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
What is an "antecedent?"
500
This rhetorical mode helps to make expository or argumentative writing lively and interesting and hold the reader's interest. It is typically used to communicate a scene, a specific place, or a person to the reader.
What is "description?"
500
The identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.
What is a "assonance?"
500
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
What is "syllogism?"
500
This is shifting the attention away from an important issue by introducing an issue that has no logical connection to the discussion at hand.