Grammar
Poetry
literary terms
vocabulary
reading
100
it is the contraction that means THEY ARE
What is they're?
100
it is the rhyme scheme of this poem: I saw the jar was leaking, so I took it for a fix, but the man was busy peaking, so I knew we didn't mix.
What is ABAB?
100
the use of hints or clues to suggest what is coming later in the plot
What is foreshadowing?
100
when you look up a word in the dictionary, you find its ____
What is denotation?
100
_____ here to earn ______ pay. which form of there/they're/their is needed?
What is THEY'RE /THEIR?
200
it is the punctuation needed here: I went home __ I ate dinner.
What is a semicolon (;)?
200
the person who writes the poem
What is the author/poet?
200
the attitude a writer takes toward his subject is his
What is tone?
200
the word with the more negative connotation is ECCENTRIC or CRAZY
What is crazy?
200
The sick girl was a little bird blown by the storm. The girl is compared to a bird because
What is she is weak/helpless/fragile...
300
These are the 7 coordinating conjunctions.
What is For, and, nor, but, or , yet , so
300
the person/character who tells the poem
What is the speaker?
300
this is an example of _____ The sun called my name, so I headed to the beach.
What is personification?
300
the prefix PRE means
What is before?
300
"I won't take no test" contains this grammar error.
What is double-negative?
400
This is where the comma should go: I ate pasta and I drank milk.
What is before the AND?
400
When a poem has a deeper meaning or theme - like the road not taken - we say that the road means something else. This something else is called this.
What is a symbol?
400
An author might use ALL capital letters to do this
What is emphasize something or show different speakers/thoughts.
400
If I work half a day, I REAP half the pay. what does the word REAP mean?
What is receive/get?
400
when an author tells a story in the order in which it happened, he is using this organizational structure
What is chronological?
500
It is the error in this sentence: When I was younger, I spent alot of time lying in the sun.
What is "a lot" - it is ALWAYS 2 words!!
500
The words the author uses set the poem's ____, but the feeling reader's get is the poem's ____.
What are TONE and MOOD?
500
when an author has a message or meaning for the readers, it is this.
What is the theme?
500
If you received a LEGACY, you would get
What is something handed down from the past?
500
The children walked down the hall, but they left their dog outside. This is what KIND of sentence?
What is compound?
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