Comparison of two unlike terms, usually using "like", or "as".
What is a simile.
100
What kind of public speaking is it when the speaker is given only a short amount of time (5 to 10 minutes) to prepare for their speech?
Extemporaneous.
100
Label the describing word in the following sentence, and tell if it is an adverb or adjective.
The dog jumped swiftly over the fence.
Swiftly (Adverb)
100
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.
I will not obey the voices in my head.
In my head.
100
Which story did we read in the first semester that was written by Edgar Allen Poe?
The Masque of the Red Death.
200
Exaggerated statements or claims, not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole.
200
What are the three main parts of any speech?
Introduction, Body, Conclusion.
200
Identify the describing word in the following sentence, and decide if it is an averb or an adjective.
The lazy woman wouldn't even do the laundry.
Lazy (Adjective)
200
The preposition rule we discussed says that prepositions are usually what a ________ can do to a ____________.
Squirrel
Tree
200
Who was the Author of "Night"?
Elie Wiesel.
300
A work in which the characters, or events, are to be understood as representing other things, and symbolically expressing a deeper meaning.
Allegory.
300
When speaking, you should vary the Pitch, tone, volume, and _______ of your voice.
Rate (Speed)
300
Identify the describing word in the following sentence, and decide if it's an adjective, or an adverb.
He literally wrecked his mother's car.
Literally (Adverb)
300
"When I went off to college, my father gave me, as part of my tuition, fifty pounds of moose meat."
To college, of my tuition, of moose meat.
300
In "Night", what was the name of the camp where most executions took place?
Buchenwald
400
An important, and sometimes recurring theme in a work of literature.
Motif.
400
Name the four reasons why we listen to public speakers.
Motivation, Entertainment, Information, and Persuasive Topics.
400
Identify the describing word in the following sentence, and decide if it's an adverb or an adjective.
They wholeheartedly endorsed the new restaraunt.
Wholeheartedly (Adverb)
400
Identify the Prepositional Phrase or Phrases in the following sentence.
We walked out of the gallows yard, past the condemned cells with their waiting prisoners, into the big central yard of the prison.
past the condemned cells with their waiting prisoners, into the big central yard of the prison.
400
In "Night", what was the name of the town where the story began?
Sighet
500
Substituting a word, for another word closely associated with it.
Metonymy.
500
What four factors fall under the category of body language?
Eye contact, gestures, posture, and facial expressions.
500
Identify the describing word OR words in the following sentence, and decide if it's an adjective or adverb.
I kind of like this school.
Kind of (Adverb)
500
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.
On the counter near the stove in a silvery pan was a deep-dish berry cobbler.
On the counter, near the stove, in a silvery pan.
500
In "There Will Come Soft Rains", why were there no people in the story?