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To convince a reader to think or act in a certain way
What is persuasive essay
100
A smart cookie
What is idiom
100
Conclusions based on information from the text combined with what you already know
What is inferences
100

Experts in the industry say that gaming is well on its way to becoming the next professional sport alongside baseball and football. The reality is that eSports have gained momentum, whether people are willing to call video gaming a sport or not. Professional gaming tournaments are filling more and more arenas, and gamers all over the world are devoting hours to training and practice.

increasing forward motion or progress

a group of critics or opponents

a small set of dedicated supporters 

increasing in forward motion or progress

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Name on of the two texts we have read by Roald Dahl

What is "Lamb to the Slaughter" or "The Landlady"
200
Erika was a fish at her school swim meet.
What is ametaphor
200
The vantage point from which a story is told
What is point of view
200
The code was difficult, but Damion eventually managed to decipher it. Decipher means....
What is to solve
200
As a consequence, because and as a result of are examples of words/phrases found in this relationship
What is cause-and-effect
200
The contrast between expectations and reality
What is irony
300

Justin's speech has _____ own special melody and flow.

it's or its

What is its

300
Austin is as graceful as a swan when he dances.
What is a simile
300

This is the MILLIONTH time I've told you to be quiet!

This is an example of _____________. 

What is hyperbole?

300
Rewriting the main idea and key supporting details of a passage in your own words
What is summarizing
300
The authors use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot
What is foreshadowing
400
Genre that is made up rather than true, and is often based on a writer's experience
What is realistic fiction
400
The landlady was eager to please. This sentence is an example of using a _______
What is an infinitive
400

This is the emotional meaning of a word, not necessarily the dictionary definition

What is connotation?

400

The two roots in the word "pseudonym" translate to these two words: 

What is "false name"

400

What does the simile in this passage suggest?

Molly rubbed coconut oil on her hands, which were like the parched earth during a drought.

*Molly's hands were dry and cracked

*Molly was baking something. 

Molly's hands were dry and cracked. 

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Who wrote "The Cask of Amontillado"?

Edgar Allen Poe

500
Traveling at night, Sklyer made the long journey to California. This part pf the sentence is the participle phrase
What is traveling a night
500

The United States responded by founding NASA and announcing the goal of putting a man on the moon, which it achieved in 1969. At the time, NASA was an important symbol of national pride and scientific innovation.

It is true that NASA has continued to be a driving force behind advances in science and technology, even after the end of the Cold War.

What does the word innovation mean?

a military accomplishment

a development or creation of something new

a roadblock or something to overcome


a development or creation of something new

500
Reread the sentence from paragraph 9. 

"As to our servant girl, Mary Jane, she is hopeless, and my wife has given her notice, but there again, I fail to see how you worked that detail out."

In this sentence, the phrase "given her notice" means (choice 1).  This phrase adds to the meaning of hte passage by confirming (choice 2). 

Choice 1: taken advice, provided attention, terminated employment
Choice 2: Mary Jane's disapproval of Watson, Watson's general happiness with married life, Holme's guess that the servant was careless

terminated employment

Holme's guess that the servant girl was careless

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Which paragraph in "The Nonstop Monarch Butterfly" indicates that the monarch butterfly is good for the Earth?

Paragraph 9

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