Find the adjective in the following sentence: "We covered the hideous wall paper with posters and pictures."
Hideous - a word that describes a noun (the wall paper).
100
What piece of punctuation is used to create a pause or separate items in a list?
Comma
100
Toymaker Mattel announced last week it will create bald version of this popular toy for children affected by hair loss, and distribute them to children’s hospitals and charities in early 2013.
Barbie dolls
200
Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the reader's ___________________.
Five senses.
200
The central conflict in iRobot, in which humans are being threatened by lifelike robots, is an example of what type of conflict?
Person vs. technology
200
Find the common noun in the following sentence: "Leslie and Mandy were driving down Nicholas Street, on their way to bail Simon out of jail. "
Jail (generic person/place/thing without a specific name).
200
What is the proper English term for brackets (like this)?
Parentheses
200
Why was Amanda Bynes, star of the movie She's the Man, arrested on Friday?
She was driving under the influence (DUI).
300
What is the term for making the reader feel sympathy for a character through description, actions or dialogue?
Pathos.
300
What is the name for the point on a plot graph when conflict first presents itself, and suddenly something interesting happens that makes this a story worth telling?
Initial incident
300
Find the adverb in the following sentence: "The new father waited patiently in the hallway as his new baby was being born."
Patiently - a word ending in 'LY' that describes how an action (waiting) is performed.
300
What two pieces of punctuation are required in the following sentence: I wanted to go to the mall on Friday however it was closed for Easter weekend.
A semicolon and a comma: I wanted to go to the mall on Friday; however, it was closed for Easter weekend.
300
Because of the amount of crime that has been associated with this particular narcotic, the President of Guatemala is considering legalizing what drug?
Cocaine
400
Saying that someone has "packed on a few" is an indirect way of saying that this person has gained weight. What is the name for an indirect expression like this?
Euphemism
400
What is the term for a stanza (verse) consisting of five lines?
Quintet
400
Find the preposition in the following sentence: "The girl who sits beside me is asleep."
Beside - (direction words that link nouns to other nouns)
400
Place commas in the following sentence AND explain how you know you've put them in the right place: Sarah who is dating the captain of the football team is trying to get a hockey scholarship.
Sarah, who is dating the captain of the football team, is trying to get a hockey scholarship. (The extra information surrounded by commas can be taken out and the sentence still makes sense on its own - "Sarah is trying to get a hockey scholarship".)
400
What is the name of the photo-sharing app that Facebook is purchasing for $1 billion?
Instagram
500
What literary device can be found in the following example: "I studied as hard as I could but my mind was a sieve; no matter what I read, it slipped through my brain and I couldn't remember it."
Metaphor (my mind was a sieve - comparing your mind to a sieve).
500
In a short story, novel, play, movie or poem, what is the term for the way the writer feels about whatever he/she is writing about?
Tone
500
What is the term for words or phrases that are inserted into an informal sentence to create emphasis, such as "Hey! Put that down!"?
Interjection
500
Where should the question mark be placed in the following sentence: Who just yelled "Shut up"
Who just yelled "shut up"? (The dialogue in quotation marks is not asking a question; it is PART of the question)
500
What is the name of the golfer who won the Masters golf tournament this past weekend, beating out golf pros like Tiger Woods and Fred Couples?