Vocabulary
Grammar
Testing Strategies
Potpourri
100

The term for the dictionary definition of something

What is denotation?

100

Which of the sentences below is correct?

A)There were many people who hated women there.

B)There was many people who hated women there.

C) There were many people who hate woman there.

D) None of the above

A
100

The thing you should do when faced with a passage you will be questioned on. 

What is read the questions first?
100

The term for the cultural or conversational meaning of something. 

What is connotation?

200

Repeating similar grammatical structures

What is parallelism?  

200

Which sentence has proper comma placement?

A)The third planet, from the sun, Earth, has water. 

B)The third planet from the sun, Earth has water.

C) The third planet from the sun, Earth, has water.

D) None of the above

C

200

The thing to do if you don't know the right answer but can see wrong answers. 

What is eliminate wrong answers first?

200

This is the type of essay that tries to get someone to agree with them on a subject

What is persuasive (or argumentative)?

300

Making an educated guess about something

What is an inference? 

300

A group of words that go together to convey meaning

What is a phrase?

300

When in doubt, put this letter

What is 'C'?
300

This is the type of essay that gets people to learn something about a topic

What is informational?

400

Bringing up someone else's argument in order to counter it

What is a counterargument?

400

A clause that relies on another part of the sentence in order to be grammatically correct

What is a dependent clause?

400
What to do if you hit questions that are too tough right away

What is, answer easy questions first?

400

Women were viewed in this way compared to men in the 1800s

Answers will vary

500

When the audience knows something a character does not

What is dramatic irony?
500

One of two things a sentence needs; not a subject. 

What is a preposition?
500

What to do if your test can take place over multiple days

What is take your time?
500

Making a reference to another work, often something cultural or popular. 

What is an allusion? 

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