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Warm-Ups
True Diary
100
Who is the protagonist of the story?

Melinda

100

What is the antonym of the word

lucrative 

Unprofitable

100

What type of rhetorical appeal is shown in the example below:

Taylor Swift uses Peloton so I should use it too.

Ethos

100

What type of imagery is shown in the example below:

The candy melted in his mouth as the bittersweet chocolate and salty caramel blended on the tongue.

Gustatory

100

Who is the protagonist of the story?

Junior or Arnold

200

Who is the antagonist of the novel?

It 

Andy Evans

200

What is a synonym for the word

Assimilate 

Similar

Liken

200

Write a claim for the following:

Summer vs. Winter

Summer is better than winter because....

or

Winter is better than summer because

200

What is the root of the following words AND what does the root mean:

Senator, Senile, Senior

Sen

Sen=Old

200

What is the name of Junior's girlfriend?

Penelope

300

What is the name of Melinda's ex-best friend?

Rachel or Rachelle

300

What type of literary device is used in the following example:

That's as useful as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. 

Analogy

300

Which rhetorical appeal is used in the sentence below:

10 out of 12 students prefer their afternoon classes to their morning classes.

Logos

300

Is the following example an independent or dependent clause:

Because he injured his foot.

Dependent clause

300

Who is Junior's best friend?

Rowdy

400

What is Melinda's favorite subject and who is the teacher?

Art and Mr. Freeman

400

What type of literary device is used in the following example:

Like father, like son.

Parallelism 

400

Which literary device is used in the following:

Amy ate apple all the time. 

Alliteration

400

Write the correct MLA citation for the following:

“Taking no chances means wasting your dreams”- Ellen Hopkins, Crank, page 154

(Hopkins 154).

400
Name the 3 people that are close to Junior that die in the novel?

1. Grandma Spirit

2. Eugene

3. His sister 

500

What symbol is used throughout the novel to represent Melinda?

A tree

500

What type of literary device is used in the following:

You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

Chiasmus 

500

Write a counterclaim for the following:

Dr. Pepper is better than water because of its sweet flavor. 

Although Dr.Pepper is sweet water is better because....

500

Rewrite the sentence using either the appropriate semicolons or colon:

We went to Tallahassee, Florida Cincinnati, Ohio and Newark, New Jersey.

We went to Tallahassee, Florida; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Newark, New Jersey.

500

Why does Junior get sick at Denny's after the dance?

He doesn't have money to pay for the meal

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