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100

A person, place, or thing

Noun

100

Synonym of a word is one that what?

Means the same thing

100

This part of the story is the most exciting part.

What is climax?

100

A text/book that has real facts is called?

A nonfiction text

100

The prefix “anti-” means this.

What is against or opposite?

200

A fairy tale is fiction or non-fiction?

Fiction

200

What term is used to describe the lesson/message or the tone of the story?

What is theme?

200

A contradiction between what is expected and what actually happens.

What is irony?

200

Double Negatives 

I'm surprised that you won't get no money. Correct/Incorrect?

What is incorrect? I'm surprised that you won't get money.

200

The teacher gave the students a test, ___ they were not prepared.

What is "which"?

300

Jumped is past, present, future tense?

Past tense

300

The teacher didn't think she deserved no credit. Correct/Incorrect?

What is incorrect? The teacher thought she deserved no credit.

300

These types of details support your argument in a persuasive essay.

What are evidence or examples?

300

“The leaves danced in the wind” is an example of ___.

What is "personification"?

300

A synonym for the word melancholy

What is sad?

400

Expressing an action that has not yet happened or a state that does not exist yet.

Future Tense

400

Define the word Homonyms 

What are words which have the same spelling and same pronunciation, but different meanings?

400

Identify the error: “Each of the students have a laptop.”

What is subject-verb agreement ("has" instead of "have")?

400

What is the perspective from which a story is told called?

Point of View

400

complete:  Yesterday, I ___(WALK) down the street when I ___(see) my English teacher.

was walking - saw

500

Her, she, it and they are words used when writing in..?

Third Person

500

Affect vs. Effect

The senior class prank had a major _______ on the entire student body.  

What is effect?

500

This is the technique of restating an idea in different words for emphasis.

What is paraphrasing?

500

give a synonym AND an antonym for POLITE

syn: kind

ant: rude / impolite

500

A story device that leaves you on the edge of your seat wanting to know more creating suspense.

What is a cliffhanger?

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