What is the action verb?
Please don't ask me about my broken arm.
ask
Answers will vary.
Obvious choices would be
The Most Dangerous Game, The Sniper, Romeo and Juliet
Please put that over ___________.
a. their
b. they're
c. there
c. there
The series of events in a story are known as the ________.
plot
Which one is correct?
a. high school
b. highschool
a. high school
What is the helping verb?
Do you know who will go to prom with him?
will
For what accomplishment did Odysseus gain fame throughout the Mediterranean world during the war?
the Trojan horse trick
Coach Cheek is our _____________________.
a. principle
b. principal
b. principal
When the narrator is not a character and knows what all the characters are feeling and thinking, this is ______________________.
third person omniscient
Which one is correct?
a. a lot
b. alot
a. a lot
Is the italicized word helping or linking?
She was a model when she lived in New York.
was
Who was known as the "face that launched a thousand ships"?
Helen of Troy
A nice thing that you say to someone is a ___________________.
a. complement
b. compliment
b. compliment
The overall message of a piece of writing is the ___________________.
theme
They played really _____________ last night.
a. well
b. good
a. well
Identify the direct object:
Jace played games on the Chromebook.
games
For what reason did Odysseus originally leave Ithaca?
to fight in the Trojan war
_________ your favorite singer?
a. Who's
b. Whose
An overly exaggerated statement such as "I will die if you post that picture."
hyperbole
When you're speaking or writing and expect the audience to read between the lines, you are _____________________ something.
a. inferring
b. implying
a. implying
Identify the indirect object:
Jacob gave his mother some flowers for Mother's Day.
mother
During what major European artistic movement was Romeo and Juliet written?
The Renaissance
sophomore
Name that literary device:
"You have nimble soles (for dancing). I have a soul of lead."
pun
There are ______________ jelly beans in the jar than there were yesterday.
a. less
b. fewer
b. fewer