Grammar
Literary Terms
Books and Stories
Writing Conventions
Fun Facts
100

A sentence woe that occurs when you separate two independent clauses with a comma

What is a comma splice?

100
A comparison using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

100

Story about a semi-barbaric prince and his rebellious princess daughter

What is "The Lady or the Tiger?"

100

The main argument in a paper

What is a thesis?

100

Ms. Engen's cat's name

Who is Casper?

200

What the subject of a sentence DOES in a sentence 

What is a predicate?

200

Repeating sounds at the beginning of words

What is alliteration?

200

Charles Baker Harris's nickname

What is Dill?

200

The order of an MLA heading

What is name, teacher's name, class, date?
200

Ms. Engen's dog's name

What is Bruin?

300

Something that receives the action of a verb

What is an object?

300

An extreme exaggeration

What is a hyperbole?

300

Odysseus's son's name

Who is Telemachus?

300

Seamlessly weaving a quote into an existing sentence

What is quote integration?
300

The year Coe Brown was established 

What is 1867?

400

The rule for using a semicolon

What are two independent clauses?

400

The running over of a sentence or a thought from one line to another.

What is an enjambment? 
400

Romeo's cousin's name

Who is Benvolio?

400

An analogy that can be applied to quote analysis

What is a quote sandwich?

400

Ms. Engen's reading goal for 2021

What is 45?

500

A type of verb that can complete a sentence on its own, without an object.

What is an intransitive verb? 

500

A popular Shakespearian meter, used in Romeo and Juliet

What is iambic pentameter?

500

Author of "The Cask of Amontillado"

Who is Edgar Allan Poe? 

500

The purpose of a conclusion

What is, to ask "so what" and make broader connections? 

500

Ms. Engen's favorite book

What is Marley and Me?

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