True or false: supporting details act as the central message of a piece of writing.
What is false?
(they support the central message)
100
The subject and the verb of this sentence. Trina walked past the baseball fields on her way home.
What is Subject: Trina and Verb: walked?
100
The meaning of the word root -temp-.
What is time?
100
The most important element when writing a script.
What is dialogue?
200
The flow of sentences.
What is syntax?
200
The conclusion the author comes to helps you determine this in a piece of nonfiction.
What is the main idea?
200
The direct object in this sentence. Candice threw the ball for her dog.
What is ball?
200
The meaning of the word revived.
What is to renew or start up again?
200
When a person writes a true account about someone else's life it is called this.
What is biography?
300
The author's attitude towards the reader or the topic.
What is tone?
300
When generating relevant questions is most helpful.
What is when reading technical documents or technical instructions?
300
The direct AND indirect object in this sentence. Jessica passed Jerry the potatoes at Thanksgiving dinner.
What is DO: potatoes and IO: Jerry?
300
The meaning of the word contemporary.
What is modern or in today's world?
300
When a person writes a true account about their own life it is called this.
What is an autobiography?
400
When you use words such as duh, seriously though, OMG, you have this type of tone.
What is an informal tone?
400
The element of technical instructions that would be most useful to the reader. Choose one of the following: who wrote the instructions, the title, the main idea, a diagram showing what goes where.
What is a diagram showing what goes where?
400
The predicate in this sentence and label it PN or PA. Andy felt better after he took the cough medicine.
What is better and it is PA?
400
The meaning of the word endurance.
What is strength or the ability to push through and hold on?
400
Information appearing on a book's cover about the subject of the book.
What is a book jacket copy?
500
The three types of expository essays.
What are description, compare and contrast, and cause and effect?
500
*****DAILY DOUBLE***** (Make your wager)
What year did the Berlin wall come down? (Extra 500 points if you get the month correct as well)
500
The predicate in this sentence and label it PN or PA. Olga is the president of the school's German club.
What is president and it is PN?
500
The meaning of the word vivacious.
What is to be bubbly, happy, striking, or colorful?
500
The first six things a business letter must include.
What is a heading, inside address, greeting, body, closing, and a signature?