Grammar
What is the preposition in the following sentence?
I will hang the poster on the bulletin board.
On
"Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live," Who said this in Tuesdays with Morrie?
Morrie
A speech at a political rally in which you are endorsing the candidate…
Persuasive
If the day is November 16, 2024, how would you write the date on the heading?
16 November 2024
List the order of plot diagram structure.
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
What is the adverb in the following sentence?
"John was clearly thinking about quitting his job."
What is clearly
"No weapons, therefore, / for either this night: unarmed he shall face me / if face me he dares" (lines 681-685). What monster is Beowulf about to fight when he say this?
Grendel
A report to your boss about budget cuts that are needed in your department.
What is Expository
What is wrong with this section?
The text says, "And now when I see her searching the garbage—for what? The thing we assassinated? I talk about how I did not plant the seeds too deeply, how it was the fault of the earth, the land, of our town. I even think now that the land of the entire country was hostile to marigolds that year. This soil is bad for certain kinds of flowers. Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear, and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live. We are wrong, of course, but it doesn’t matter. It’s too late. At least on the edge of my town, among the garbage and the sunflowers of my town, it’s much, much, much too late."
What is the in-text citation is missing.
The text says, "And now when I see her searching the garbage—for what? The thing we assassinated? I talk about how I did not plant the seeds too deeply, how it was the fault of the earth, the land, of our town. I even think now that the land of the entire country was hostile to marigolds that year. This soil is bad for certain kinds of flowers. Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear, and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live. We are wrong, of course, but it doesn’t matter. It’s too late. At least on the edge of my town, among the garbage and the sunflowers of my town, it’s much, much, much too late" (Morrison 156).
List the four types of conflict.
Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Nature, and Man vs. Society
What is subjective pronoun in the following sentence?
Can I please order the T-bone steak with the garlic asparagus?
What is I
What theme does this quote from Tuesday with Morrie reflect?
"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
What is one finds meaning in life by showing love and caring for others
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation
What order should the MLA citations be listed in?
What is alphabetical order
What is the difference between tone and mood?
The tone is how the author feels about the subject.
The mood is what the author wants the audience to feel/how the author writes the material to encourage certain emotions.
What should be included in the introduction paragraph of an argumentative essay?
What is a hook, background and a claim
Morrie says the following "Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others". What is the term for a wise saying like this?
What is an aphorism
In what type of writing are you most likely to use rhetoric and rhetorical devices?
What is persuasive
What is the order of the heading?
Your name, teacher's name, class, date
What is an aphorism?
What is a wise saying
"Walking toward the forest, the sun began to set." Identify the dangling modifier in this sentence.
What is "walking towards the forest"
In Beowulf, the word blood is called "battle-sweat". What is the term for this type of hyphenated word?
What is a kenning
The word choice of an author
What is diction
What should be in the top right-hand corner of an essay written in MLA format?
What is author's last name and page number
A type of writing that "explains"
What is expository writing