Names
Grammar
The Scarlet Letter
Humor
Clauses
100

This author wrote "The Pit and the Pendulum."

Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

100

A sentence requires these two things to be complete.

What is a subject and predicate?

100

This is the letter Hester has sewn into her garments.

What is the letter "A"?

100

This author wrote "My Life Story" and "A Business Letter."

Who is Artemus Ward?

100

This type of clause modifies a noun or pronoun in another clause.

What is an adjective clause?

200

The name of the oiler in "The Open Boat."

Who is Billie?

200

This type of quote does not need quotation marks.

What are indirect quotes?

200

This is the name of Hester's husband.

Who is Roger Chillingworth?

200

This historical Italian figure is mentioned in the beginning of "The Innocents Abroad."

Who is Michael Angelo?

200

Subordinating conjunctions make a clause this kind of clause.

What is a dependent clause?

300

This author wrote "Rip Van Winkle."

Who is Washington Irving?

300

This punctuation mark can be used to join two independent clauses.

What is a semicolon?

300

This is Arthur Dimmesdale's profession.

What is a minister?

300

The name of the teacher in "Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N Cuts a Gordian Knot."

Who is Mr. Parkhill?

300

This type of clause can act as the object of the preposition in a sentence.

What is a noun clause?

400

The name of the main character in "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket."

Who is Tom Benecke?

400

The following sentence demonstrates this type of sentence error: "She sings in the choir each week she even sings solos."

What is a fused sentence?

400

This is the physical manifestation of Hester's scarlet letter. 

Who is Pearl?

400

Mrs. Mitty told Walter to get this while she gets her hair done in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."

What are overshoes?

400

The following sentence is an example of this clause: "Although most of the people there work with Kurt, some do not."

What is an adverb clause?

500

The name of the main character in "A Village Singer."

Who is Candace Whitcomb?

500

This Latin word is used to indicate an error made in the original text being quoted.

What is [sic]?

500

The type of plant that grows by the prison door.

What is a rosebush?

500

Mr. McWilliams thought this was making the thunder noises in "Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning"

What are burglars?

500

The following sentence is an example of this type of clause: "When knocking on the front door, we saw someone run out the back."

What is an elliptical adverb clause?

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