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100

A type of writing where you talk about a topic by giving examples, arguments and anecdotes is called an...

What is an essay?

100

Give the closest word for sadness.


Sorrow

Destruction

Privation

Sorrow is a synonym of sadness.

Destruction is the state of being destroyed.

Privation is the state of suffering from a lack of resources to live.

100

He likes you.

Likes is an example of a:

A. Simple present tense

B. Simple past tense

C. Future tense

A. Simple present tense

100

Which figurative language is used in this sentence:

Sir Moss is like an owl.

What is a simile?

100

What do we call the texts that are a product of our imagination?

What is a fiction text?

200

This is a 5-7-5-7-7 poem.

(5 refers to the number of syllables per line).

A. Haiku

B. Tanka
C. Limerick
D. Cinquain
E. Quatrain


What is B (Tanka)?

200

I will give the word - this word is a synonym of the word PROMISING.

AUSPICIOUS

200

There are people around me and they are scary.

What is this sentence?

A. Simple sentence

B. Compound sentence

C. Complex sentence

B. Compound sentence: Two simple sentences with a connective.

There are people around me 

and 

they are scary.

200

Metonym: Choose the word that best represents the government of the United States of America.

A. London

B. Washington, D.C.

C. Paris

B. Washington, D.C.

(A metonym is a word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated. For example, Washington is a metonym for the federal government of the US.)

200

What do we call the titles at the top of each topic in a non-fiction text?

What are subheadings?

300

How many paragraphs should an essay have?

Three to five paragraphs

300

Give me one example of antonyms:

big-small

tall-short

300

Who are you?

This is an example of a...

Interrogative sentence/question

300

Choose which one is not a metaphor.

A. Love is a battlefield. 

B. Baby, you’re a firework. 

C. The wind howled in the night.

C. The wind howled in the night - this is an example of a metaphor!

300

What do we call non-fiction texts that are not bound by time?

What are non-chronological texts?

400

What is a paragraph?

A paragraph is a group of sentences that focuses on one topic or thought.

400

Give me a stronger verb for sleep.

drowse, slumber, nap

400

She sat on the table.

Give me the article and the preposition that is used in the sentence.

The is a definite article (referring to the table).

"on" is a preposition (which allows us to see where the subject (She) did the action (sat)).
400

What do Ronald Reagan, Dunkin Donuts and sweet birds sang have in common?

They are all alliterations! Look at the first letter of each word:

RR

DD

s_s

400
What do you call the text used in dramatic presentation?

What is a playscript?

500

How many inches should we give for margins in our papers?


One and a half inch to the left; one inch to the top, right and bottom.

If you don't have a ruler, use your thumb to measure the margin.
500

Give me a stronger adjective for the word small or tiny.

nanoscopic, miniscule, microscopic

500

Sir Ilyan, who is tall, makes me scared.

What is the main clause of this sentence?

Sir Ilyan makes me scared.

(who is tall) is a subordinate clause. Why? It describes the subject in further detail.

500

What is the pattern of this stanza?

“He gives his harness bells a shake
 To ask if there’s some mistake.
 The only other sound’s the sweep
 Of easy wind and downy flake.”

shake (A)

mistake (same as A)

sweep (only one different)

flake (same as A)

So, we can say it is AABA.

500

What do you call the meaning that does not exist in the text, but is inferred through the use of context clues?

What is implied meaning?

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