Grammar Time
Vocabulary
Writing
ELA Elements
Wild Card
100

This is a part of the sentence where we can answer the questions of "When", "Where", and "In What Way".

What is a preposition or a prepositional phrase?

100

This word is a verb meaning "sweating", or the continuous participle "to sweat".

What is perspiring?

100

This type of writing aims to convince someone to do or think the way the author wishes.

What is persuasive writing?

100

This is where all of the stakes begin to be raised in the story, heightening tension and drama.

What is the rising action?

100

Mr Kraft does not like this, and will actively avoid it if possible. Also, he is not good at it. 

What is math?

200

This type of sentence is two independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction.

What is a compound sentence?

200

This word means that is has no use anymore, it is outdated.

What is obsolete?

200

You always need these two things in a sentence or clause.

What is a subject and a predicate (verb)?

200

This type of informative, non-fiction text style deals with events that occurred and the events that happened next as a result.

What is cause and effect?

200

Mr Kraft did this before he became a teacher.

What is acting?

300

This type of verb tense deals with something that happened in the past and is continuing into the future.

What is future perfect?

300

This means that it was done carefully, with patience and great detail.

What is meticulously?

300

These things come at the end of interrogative sentences.

What is a question mark?

300

This is where evidence is correctly attributed to its source right after it is given, and supported by a collection of sources at the end of the essay.

What is in-text citation?
300

Having blue eyes is considered rare, because this genetic trait is this.

What is a recessive gene?

400

What is incorrect in this sentence: I am proud of my brand, new bicycle.

What is incorrect comma usage?

400

This word means to be sorry for something or someone, sorry for their state of being or something that happened.

What is sympathetic?

400

You absolutely need these in your TDAs; without them, you cannot hope to support your thesis.

What is evidence?

400

This is when we examine a text deeply in order to fully comprehend what is being presented, along with understanding word choice, theme, and symbolism (to name a few).

What is annotation?

400

In the movie "2081", this is what the broken sign says in the basement on the ground in front of the machine that Harrison activates, turning the television broadcast back on.

What is "Live free, or die, for death is not the greatest of evils"?
500

This is what is incorrect in this sentence: There isn't some fruit in the fridge.

What is changing the word "some" to "any".

500

This word means unable to move, paralyzed.

What is immobilized?

500

This is the answer to the given prompt, and therefore must be complete and as specific as possible.

What is the thesis statement?

500

When done correctly, a TDA Body paragraph should have this many sentences at a minimum.

What is six?

500

In the Giver novel, Jonas accidentally gives Gabe this memory when Gabe is sleeping in his room and is fussin.

What is the memory of a sailboat?

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