Grammar
Saul loves hockey, he uses it to escape the trauma at the school.
Name the error
comma splice
Giving clues to hint at events to come is called________________
foreshadowing
"Our feet and hands are broad and flat and strong, like paws of a bear."
Name the device
simile
MLA stands for
Modern Language Association
You can catch me easily, especially during the holidays, but you can never throw me. What am I?
a cold
While preparing for my exam, I applied these study habits reading my notes, hightlighting key ideas, and getting a good sleep.
What punctuation is missing? Where
colon after habits
Saul's adopted brother
Virgil
"Everything was contained at the glance. All the hurt. All the pain. All the rage."
anaphora
The writer's viewpoint (the heart of the essay)
thesis
What did the snowwoman do to the snowman when she was upset with him?
She gave him the cold shoulder.
This punctuation can join two related independent clauses.
semi-colon ;
The name of the town Saul moves to
Manitouwadge
"The shoes were thin leather with laces and smooth, slippery soles."
Name the device
alliteration
A parenthetical notation referencing the source of the evidence provided
citation
: What do you get when you mix a vampire with a snowman?
Frostbite
How many commas are needed in the sentence below?
Mr. Brown please put the tree by the window so the tinsel can sparkle in the light.
two
The term ued for the process of developing a character
characterization
"The humped shapes of boulders on the shore wore cloaks of white."
Name that device
personification
Language should be formal and tone should be ___________
informal
What has a lot of needles but can’t sew?
An evergreen tree
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
A character that goes through significant internal changes is called a ________________
dynamic character
"The schools, she would whisper then. The schools."
allusion
A long quotation should be set up as a ____________ quotation
block
I usually come in two different colors and you’ll be "hooked" on me. What am I?
candy cane