Grammar
What grammar error is found in the following sentence:
I like history class but I hate math.
add a comma after "class"
Define the following word:
contrast
the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.
characterize
Steve saved seven seagulls.
Alliteration
Who wrote "The Tell-Tale Heart?"
Edgar Allan Poe
What grammar error is found in the following sentence:
I love to go to 9th period, because I know we will be going home afterwards.
delete the comma after "period"
Define the following word:
alternative
available as another possibility.
consistent
Her shirt was as white as snow.
simile
Who was the protagonist in "The Lottery?"
Tessie Hutchinson
What grammar error is found in the following sentence:
I don't like the school lunches, they don't have salt, pepper, or any other kinds of seasoning.
Commas splice after "lunches"
Define the following word:
obsolete
no longer produced or used; out of date.
gruesome
Sizzle, boom, beep
onomatopoeia
What went through Phineas Gage's head?
A tamping iron
What grammar error is found in the following sentence:
Because I left my backpack at home, I didn't have my iPad the vice principle gave me detention for my mistake, and I cried for the whole hour.
Run-on
Define the following word:
ambiguous
open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.
unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made.
simultaneous
I told you a million times to do your homework.
Hyperbole
What texts begins with "Four score and seven years ago?"
The Gettysburg Address
What grammar error is found in the following sentence:
Although I didn't know the new kid I asked her to sit with my friends and I at lunch, because that is the nice thing to do, and because I did that, I made a new friend.
put a comma after kid
delete the comma after because
Define the following word:
pseudonym
a fictitious name, especially one used by an author.
conscientious
Once in a blue moon
Idiom
How does The Outsiders end?
In his final essay for English class, Ponyboy writes about his own life because he wants to share his story of struggle and resilience.