__________means to influence
__________means a result
What is affect
What is effect
100
The repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence.
"helplessly hoping the harlequin hovers nearby...
What is alliteration
100
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
100
The noun or pronoun that the pronoun replaces in a sentence.
Billy asked his mother for some money.
What is antecedent.
100
He hit the ball well but he ran toward third base.
(insert the comma in the correct spot)
What is commas used to combine coordinating conjunctions with two complete sentences.
He hit the ball well, but he ran towards third base.
200
__________means to place something down.
__________means to recline.
What is lay
What is lie
200
A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it were human.
"The wind whispered".
What is personification
200
The narrator is all knowing.
What is omniscient point of view?
200
t was Thomas Jefferson, who/whom was the third president of the United States.
what is who?
who=he
whom=him
200
He hit the ball dropped the bat and ran to first base.
(Insert commas).
what is commas for items in series.
he hit the ball, dropped the bat, and ran to first base.
300
______________is a possessive pronoun, it always describes a noun.
______________is an adverb that means "that location"
______________is a contraction of they are.
What is their, there, they're.
300
The attitude a writer takes towards the audience, a subject or a character.
What is tone
300
a word/phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses.
What is imagery?
300
The politician, along with the newsmen, is/are expected shortly.
What is "IS"
"along with the newsmen" is not part of the subject.
300
"Running toward third base he suddenly realized how stupid he looked."
(insert the comma where it needs to go.)
Running toward third base, he suddenly realized how stupid he looked.
(comma with an introductory word or phrase.
400
____________is the past participle of the verb "to pass"
____________locates something in time.
What is past
What is passed
400
A comparison of two unlike things not using "like" or "as".
Love is a rose.
Life is a journey.
All the world is a stage.
War is hell.
What is a metaphor
400
Making fun of human endeavors, social institutions or absurdities in life.
Think of John Steward (The Daily Show), Steven Colbert, Family Guy...
What is satire
400
A car and a bike is/are my means of transportation.
What is ARE
Use a plural verb if two or more subjects are connected by and.
400
The Yankees didn't do so well in the early going but frankly everyone expects them to win the season.
What is commas with interruptors.
The Yankees didn't do so well in the early going, but frankly, everyone expects them to win the season.
500
___________refers to sunshine, rain, snow, wind.
___________means "If"
What is weather
What is whether
500
The use of a person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
A cross represents Christianity.
Swastika represents Nazism.
What is symbolism
500
When the exact opposite of what you expect to happen occurs.