What is the definition of the PREHISTORIC?
The furniture in the old palace was PREHISTORIC.
What is "old"
100
What does the word VESTIGE mean?
Because the robber only left a VESTIGE of evidence behind, the police had a difficult time catching him.
What is "a trace of"
100
What part of plot diagram ties up loose ends in the plot and the conflicts are taken care of?
What is "Rising Action"
100
What does INUNDATE mean?
The teacher was INUNDATED with papers to grade.
What is "overwhelmed"
100
What is an appositive phrase?
What is "A word or phrase that stands next to a noun or pronoun and adds information or details."
200
What is the POINT OF VIEW in the following sentences?
Harry had taken up his place at wizard school, where he and his scar were famous ...but now the school year was over, and he was back with the Dursleys for the summer, back to being treated like a dog that had rolled in something smelly.
What is "3rd person limited"
200
What lens is Angela responding to events through?
After being dumped my her boyfriend, Angela got angry and sent him mean texts.
What is "emotional"
200
Which one of these conjunctive adverbs shows time:
Therefore, Meanwhile or Hence
What is "Meanwhile"
200
Fix the following sentence:
until the bell rings I will continue to try to finish my work
What is "Until the bell rings, I will try to continue to finish my work."
200
What is theme?
What is "the moral of the story"
300
Fix the following sentence:
as the kids entered the room the teacher prepared the beginning of the lesson
What is "As the kids entered the room, the teacher prepared the beginning of the lesson."
300
What grammar technique should be included in every conclusion?
What is "a conjunctive adverb"
300
Fix the following sentence:
there was a fire drill at the school therefore the students did not get to finish their exam
What is "There was a fire drill at the school; therefore, the students did not get to finish their exam."
300
What element of figurative language is being used in this sentence?
She wears her heart in her sleeve.
What is "idiom"
300
What element of figurative language is being used here?
Kris was feeling blue after his dog passed away.
What is "metaphor"
400
What is wrong with the following sentence and how can it be fixed?
Rosie, my best friend, like to wear a flower in her hair.
What is "Subject Verb Agreement" and "Rosie, my best friend, likes to wear a flower in her hair."
400
What point of view are narrative essays written in?
What is "1st person"
400
What is a "group of lines" called in a poem?
What is "stanza"
400
Which element of figurative language is being used here?
The sunset is painfully beautiful.
What is "oxymoron"
400
What element of figurative language is being used here?
I tripped because the curb jumped out at me.
What is "personification"
500
How is a play different from a story?
What is "Most of the play is dialogue"
500
What element of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?
I don't like worms because they make my skin crawl.
What is "idiom"
500
What is "the expression of an author's attitude toward a subject" called?
What is "tone"
500
What are the 5 graphic elements of poetry?
What is "Repetition, Capitalization, Sentence Structure, Abrupt Dialogue, and Shift.