Personal Narrative
Poetry
Research
Grammar
GRAB BAG!
100
WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN TWO OR MORE CHARACTERS ARE SPEAKING IN A STORY?
DIALOGUE
100
"Your eyes are like the stars." THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT LITERARY DEVICE?
SIMILE
100
WHAT DO YOU CALL A DOCUMENT WHERE YOU COLLECT SOURCES, CITE THEM PROPERLY, SUMMARIZE THEM, AND EVALUATE THEM FOR RELIABILITY AND RELEVANCE?
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
100
Eating whoopie pies all day. SENTENCE, FRAGMENT, OR RUN-ON?
FRAGMENT
100
WHAT IS MR. RUSSELL'S FIRST NAME?
JOHN
200
WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN THE NARRATOR DESCRIBES WHAT IS HAPPENING SO THAT THE READER CAN VISUALIZE AND IMAGINE THE STORY?
DESCRIPTION
200
Sylvia Plath describes her pregnancy by writing, "I have eaten a bag of green apples." THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT LITERARY DEVICE?
METAPHOR
200
WHAT STYLE DID WE USE FOR OUR CITATIONS, ANNOTATIONS, REFERENCES, AND FORMAT IN OUR RESEARCH PAPERS? (HINT: THREE LETTERS)
MLA
200
WHAT DO WE CALL A GROUP OF WORDS THAT CAN STAND ON ITS OWN AS A FULL SENTENCE?
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
200
WHEN WAS LEE ACADEMY FOUNDED?
1845
300
WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN THE NARRATOR LOOKS BACK ON SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO LEARN OR MAKE MEANING FROM IT?
REFLECTION
300
"A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;" THESE LINES CONTAIN AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT LITERARY DEVICE?
PERSONIFICATION
300
NAME THE TWO WEB DOMAINS (SUCH AS .COM) WHICH INDICATE THAT A SOURCE IS PROBABLY RELIABLE.
.EDU AND .GOV
300
I am a teenager, obviously I like hanging out with my friends. SENTENCE, FRAGMENT, OR RUN-ON
RUN-ON
300
OF ALL THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY WORKING AT LEE ACADEMY, WHO HAS BEEN HERE THE LONGEST?
MRS. RITCHIE
400
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT MAKE UP A STORY?
PLOT
400
THE RAVEN IN EDGAR ALLAN POE'S POEM REPRESENTS THE SPEAKER'S DEPRESSION. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT LITERARY DEVICE?
SYMBOL
400
WHEN EVALUATING A SOURCE, WHAT TWO THINGS DO YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT?
RELIABILITY AND RELEVANCE
400
Although it is snowing, we still have school today. SENTENCE, FRAGMENT, OR RUN-ON?
SENTENCE
400
WHAT ARE MR. RUSSELL'S CHILDREN'S NAMES?
RONAN AND MAGNOLIA (MAGGIE)
500
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A UNIVERSAL IDEA OR LESSON WHICH IS CENTRAL TO A STORY?
THEME
500
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
LITERAL IS ACTUALLY 100% TRUE. IT HAPPENED. FIGURATIVE IS NOT TRUE EXCEPT IN SOME ABSTRACT SENSE.
500
WHEN REFERENCING A SOURCE WITHIN THE WRITING OF YOUR PAPER, WHAT DO YOU PUT IN PARENTHESES?
THE AUTHOR'S LAST NAME (OR A SHORTENED VERSION OF THE SOURCE'S TITLE IN QUOTATION MARKS) AND A PAGE NUMBER
500
THERE ARE FOUR MAIN WAYS TO FIX A RUN-ON SENTENCE. NAME THREE OF THEM.
BREAK IT UP WITH A PERIOD. USE A COMMA AND A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION. USE A SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION. USE A SEMICOLON.
500
WHAT IS MR. RUSSELL DRINKING IN HIS MUG EVERY DAY?
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