What is exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
100
When evidence is reliable and trustworthy.
What is credible?
200
His cotton candy words did not appeal to her taste.
What is a metaphor?
+100 for explanation of meaning.
200
Evidence that does not relate to the topic or argument.
What is irrelevant?
200
Today, Central Park stands as one of Olmsted’s greatest legacies.
The author uses the word “legacies” in this sentence to mean
A accomplishments benefiting future users
B financial investments with the goal of benefiting everyone
C complicated models to copy and build
D old projects worthy of recognition
What is A: accomplishment benefiting future users?
200
Contains a counterargument or rebuttal.
What is argumentative writing?
200
5 websites that are not credible.
What is answers will vary?
300
The author's message in a text.
What is theme or moral?
300
Irrelevant sentence to the passage:
As young Americans mature into adults, they are tempted by the allure of easy credit. Credit card companies attempt to ensnare young people by giving away “free” headphones or sports towels in return for completing credit applications. Many of these young people go on to accumulate debt through undisciplined spending. Young adults only care about buying clothes and "stuff." They pay much more than the original loan because they are charged a high rate of interest and it takes them years to repay their debts. It is best to avoid this debt prison altogether.
What is Young adults only care about buying clothes and "stuff."
300
Being aloof does not help you make friends. Synonyms for aloof.
What is structure of a body paragraph or short-constructed response?
300
A student is writing an argumentative report on surveillance. Which source or sources would she use to support her claim: The use of surveillance in today's society will prohibit the nation's citizens from expressing their opinions and it opens them to being labeled as criminals without evidential proof.
What is Source 1 and 2?
400
Talk about fair-weather friend, I mentioned my problems with my phone bill and he disappeared for six months.
What does the phrase "fair-weather friend" mostly suggest? Choose three options
A a friend who is there during the good times, but not the hard times
B a friend that is reliable
C a friend who leaves when you need them the most
D a friend that is helpful, but not when you need them to be
E a friend that is supportive and consistent
F a friend who is absent when times are difficult
What is A, C, and F?
400
The "heart" of an essay that states the writer's position.
What is thesis statement?
400
When the subject is receiving the action. Provide an example.
What is passive voice? Example will vary.
400
Create a claim that disagrees with Source 1.
What is answers will vary?
400
Summarize in one paragraph:
Money is pretty old but nobody knows exactly how old it is. Perhaps the oldest evidence of people using money is in the Code of Ur-Nammu. The Code of Ur-Nammu is a system of laws written around 2050 BC. That’s like 4,000 years ago! Many of Ur-Nammu’s laws carry fines, such as one stating that if a man is proven innocent of sorcery, his accuser must pay 3 shekels. This ancient document shows me two things: Ur-Nammu didn’t tolerate false witch-hunts, and money is very old.
What is answers will vary?
500
Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alice would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed. He would eat dinner with her after he was “presentable,” as Alice had often said.
What can the reader infer about Alice?
What is neat, clean, organized?
500
The "magnanimous" judge released the young offender who had been caught stealing bread by saying, "Everybody has to eat," and slamming down his gavel.
What is generous or forgiving?
+200 for two synonyms
500
This sentence does NOT contain a grammatical error:
A Reading a book, my cat crawled into my lap.
B The young girl was walking a dog in a short skirt.
C I glimpsed a rat sorting the recyclable materials.
D Looking out our front window, we saw several blue jays.
What is D Looking out our front window, we saw several blue jays?
500
Tone of poem
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
Thus the little minutes,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity.
What is calm, peaceful, restful? Answers may vary.
500
Which two sources would most likely give a student more information for their report on pandas in captivity?
A www.babypandas.com: This site contains a variety of links to webcams showing baby pandas at zoos all over the world.
B www.raisingpandas.com: Reviews the difficulties of panda reproduction and the delicate nature of raising baby pandas outside their natural habitat.
C Panda Rescue by Ashley Smith: First-hand account of rescuing pandas from the hands of poachers in China.
D Born at the National Zoo by Shelby Duncan: First-hand account, by the National Zoo veterinarian Dr. Michael Guess, of raising and caring for Pandas at the zoo.