Lit. Terms
Lit. Term Application
Puncuation
Subject/Predicate & Fragments
Random
100
author’s attitude toward subject matter
What is tone
100
In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet drank the potion that Friar Laurence gave her, and then she appeared dead. The nurse tearfully mourned Juliet’s untimely death, but the audience knew that Juliet was not really dead. Which literary term is applied in this example?
What is dramatic irony
100
mark used to join words to indicate they are linked
What is a hyphen
100
Identify the simple subject of the sentence: We could not paddle against the rapids. A. We B. could C. could paddle D. rapids
What is We (A).
100
What is the direct object in the following sentence: Jerald ran a stoplight at the corner of Locust and Linden.
What is stoplight
200
reoccurring symbol, phrase, image to support a theme
What is motif
200
In Lord of the Flies, Ralph frequently says his father, a Naval officer, would rescue them. Knowing the ending of the novel, what does Ralph’s prediction serve as?
What is foreshadowing
200
Which of the following sentences are written in parallel form? A. Laughing and with great happiness, Mary skipped down the street. B. Smiling widely and laughing loudly, Mary skipped down the street. C. Energetically and for an entire mile, Mary skipped down the street. D. Smiling and with great confidence, Mary skipped down the street.
What is smiling widely and laughing loudly, Mary skipped down the street (B).
200
Identify the simple predicate of the sentence: Maria baked a cake for Sam’s birthday. A. Maria B. baked C. cake D. birthday
What is baked (B).
200
What is the indirect object in the following sentence: The boy gave his mother a dandelion picked from the yard.
What is mother.
300
long narrative poem, often written about a hero
What is epic
300
Which literary term is being applied in the following situation in The Odyssey? Odysseus struggles with deciding whether or not to tell his men about Scylla or to just take them past her without giving them warning.
What is internal conflict
300
Which of the following sentences correctly uses a dash? A. “How many times have I asked you not to—” Jason suddenly stopped talking. B. “How many times have I asked you not to” Jason suddenly stopped talking—. C. “How many times—have I asked you not to” Jason suddenly stopped talking. D. “How—many times—have I asked you not to” Jason suddenly stopped talking.
What is “How many times have I asked you not to—” Jason suddenly stopped talking (A).
300
Sentence or Fragment? Drenched to the skin.
What is Fragment
300
Identify the correct pronoun: Everyone brought (his or her, their) ticket to the movie theater.
What is his or her
400
character who suffers disaster due to a flaw
What is tragic hero
400
The Odyssey is which type of literature?
What is epic
400
Which of the following sentences correctly uses a hyphen? A. The teller at the bank-handed Paulette sixty four dollars. B. The teller-at the bank handed Paulette sixty four dollars. C. The teller-at-the-bank-handed-Paulette sixty four dollars. D. The teller at the bank handed Paulette sixty-four dollars.
What is The teller at the bank handed Paulette sixty-four dollars (D).
400
Sentence or Fragment? Ashes indicated where the fires had been at the campsites.
What is sentence
400
Identify the correct MLA format for an in-text citation. A. (Golding 29). B. (William Golding 29). C. (Golding, 29). D. (W. Golding 29).
What is A (Golding 29).
500
establishes characters and setting
What is exposition
500
In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo says, “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?/It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” This quotation is an example of what lit term?
What is metaphor
500
Which of the following sentences correctly uses commas? A. He asked her to go with him, to the Shakespeare festival, and he wanted to watch the sunset. B. He asked her to go with him, to the Shakespeare festival and he wanted to watch the sunset. C. He asked her to go with him to the Shakespeare festival, and he wanted to watch the sunset. D. He asked her to go with him to the Shakespeare festival and, he wanted to watch the sunset.
What is He asked her to go with him to the Shakespeare festival, and he wanted to watch the sunset (C).
500
Identify the simple predicate of the sentence: After the cake cooled, she frosted it and put it in the icebox. A. After B. icebox C. in D. frosted/put
What is frosted/put (D).
500
Identify the correct word ____________taking a trip to Minnesota, Missouri, and Maine. A. They’re B. Their C. There
What is they're (A).
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