Grammar
What is the subject of this sentence: “The dog barked loudly”?
The dog
How many clauses are in a simple sentence?
sentence?One independent clause
What genre is a story that tells about real people and events?
Nonfiction
Figurative Language
Personification
What is the main idea of a passage?
The most important point or overall message of the text.
Identify the verb in this sentence: “She quickly ran to the store.”
Ran
Combine these two sentences using a coordinating conjunction: “I was tired. I went to bed.”
I was tired, so I went to bed.
What genre involves made-up stories that could happen in real life?
Realistic fiction
Identify the device: “Her smile was as bright as the sun.”
Simile
What is the theme of a story?
The central message or lesson the author wants to convey.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence: A) Its raining outside. B) It’s raining outside.
B) It’s raining outside.
Identify the type of sentence: “Although it was raining, we went for a walk.”
Complex sentence
What genre combines elements of science and imagination, often set in the future?
Science Fiction
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
A simile uses “like” or “as”; a metaphor does not.
Identify the point of view: “I walked down the street and saw my friend.”
First-person point of view
What part of speech is the word beautifully in the sentence “She sang beautifully”?
Adverb
What punctuation mark correctly joins two independent clauses without a conjunction?
Semicolon ( ; )
Identify the subgenre: A story that uses humor to criticize society.
Satire
Identify the figurative device: “I’ve told you a million times.”
Hyperbole
What is foreshadowing, and how does it add to a story?
Hints or clues about future events; it builds suspense.
Correct the error: “Neither the students nor the teacher are ready.”
Neither the students nor the teacher is ready.
Identify and correct the fragment: “Because the storm was so strong.”
Fragment type: Dependent clause fragment. Corrected sentence: “The storm was so strong that it knocked out the power.”
What is the literary genre that combines elements of magical realism, political critique, and mythic storytelling, often used in postcolonial literature to explore identity and culture?
Metafictional magical realism (often associated with authors like Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez)
Explain the meaning of this idiom: “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”
Don’t assume success or results before they actually happen.
In literary analysis, what is the term for when a text acknowledges itself as a constructed work of fiction, often blurring the boundary between author, narrator, and reader to question the nature of storytelling and reality?
Metafiction