1st Semester Final

Grammar, Syntax, and Language Conventions(11.L.GC.2.a & 11.L.GC.2.d)

100

This sentence feature creates balance in the phrase “to read, to write, and to think."

Parallelism

200

This part of speech names 'Freedom' in “Freedom defines the American identity.”

Noun

300

I vacationed in this beautiful location last summer.

Yellowstone

400

This part of speech names 'defines' in “Freedom defines the American identity.”

Verb

500

The word ________ would need to be added here in order to make the following sentence parallel...

She was enjoying her summer by camping, going biking, and going swimming.

"Going" in front of camping.

Vocabulary Acquisition & Word Analysis (11.L.V.1.a, 11.L.V.2.b, 11.L.V.2.a, and 11.L.V.3.d)

100

This is my name AND proper spelling...

F-A-R-R-A-R

Fair-uh

200

What book would you use to look up the definition(s) of an unknown or archaic word?

Dictionary

300

This word part is shown by the 'predict' in the middle of the word, "unpredictable."

Root Word

400

This type of vocabulary includes words like 'parallelism,' 'hierarchy,' and 'democratic' because they are often used in specific areas of study.

Academic

500

This word part is shown by the simple '-s' at the end of the word 'dogs' and changes the meaning of the root word.

Suffix

Literary Style, Craft, and Author’s Choices (11.T.SS.2.a, 11.T.SS.1.a, 11.T.C.1.b, and 11.T.C.2.c)

100

This literary device is used in the line “Time is a thief.”

Metaphor

200

This element reveals the author's attitude in the sentence “Sadly, the experiment failed.”

Tone

300

This descriptive literary element appeals to the sense of touch in the sentence “the icy wind cut through his coat."

Imagery

400

This background influence includes beliefs and traditions of a group.

Culture

500

Name a SINGLE hobby I have outside of school...

Painting, gaming, embroidery, and reading are all acceptable answers.

Comparative & Thematic Text Analysis (11.T.C.2.a & 11.T.T.1.c)

100

This central message appears in texts, typically as a single word with a wide range of interpretation.

Theme

200

This support in writing comes from a quoted sentence taken directly from the text.

Direct Quotation

300

This skill is used to find similarities and differences between two texts.

Comparison

400

I am this many years old.

23

500

This word describes what an author believes about a topic.

Perspective

Genre-Specific & Contextual Text Analysis (11.T.T.4.a, 11.T.T.3.a, 11.T.T.2.a, and 11.T.PM.1.a)

100

This genre often uses meter, rhyme, and figurative language, like Anne Bradstreet's writing.

Poetry

200

This is the name I use to refer to my students as a collective...

Rats.

300

During the early days of colonization, this religious group influenced much of the literature being produced then AND for decades after. See poems like "Verses upon the Burning of our House" or plays such as "The Crucible."

Puritans (Puritanism)

400

This genre tells a story, whether fiction or non-fiction, of connected events.

Narrative

500

This genre tries to convince the audience of a particular viewpoint or stance.

Argument(ative)