Literary Terms
Random trivia
model essays
comma rules
100

figurative language

comparison of two unlike things for effect 

100

Ariana Grande stars in what Netflix series about 2 high school students who babysit?

Sam and Cat 

100

The essay "The Missing Piece Son" focused on what technique?

dialogue 

100

What type of punctuation should set off quotations when writing dialogue?  (period, semicolon or comma?) 

comma 

200

detail that appeals to any or all of the 5 senses 

sensory detail, imagery OR descriptive language 

200

Who has won Album of the Year the most times at the Grammy Awards?

Taylor Swift 

200

The essay "Bonding Over Brain Surgery" contained many examples of what literary technique ?

figurative language

200

True or false, The comma before "and" when used as a conjunction is optional 

FALSE (comma before and when used in a LIST is optional) 

300

What is the definition of a narrative

A sequence of events that has a clear beginning, middle and end

300

What awards show is given out for TV shows?

Emmy awards 

300

The time and place of a story or narrative is called....

setting 

300

True or false - Always put a comma after a conjunction

FALSE - it goes before the conjunction 

400
two people having a conversation is called 
dialogue
400

During a presidential election, the winner is determined by counting what? (it's not the popular vote) 

electoral college votes 

400

True or false: When writing dialogue, the first word of the quote is always capitalized, even if it begins in the middle of the sentence.

true 

400

Because, if, since, although, before, after, when, during and due to are all examples of words that mark what type of clause, indicating your sentence likely needs a comma

dependent clauses 

500

How do you format internal dialogue (narrator's thoughts)

italics 

500

Space X's sattelite internet is called what?

Starlink

500

The essay "Understanding the Incomprehensible Through Music" used sensory detail that appealed mostly to which sense?

sound

500

Name all 7 conjunctions 

For, and, nor, but, or, yet and so

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