Vocab
Upon meeting Asagai, Beneatha realized she was a product of ___________ and did not understand her ancestor's culture.
A. Imploring
B. Assimilation
C. Decisive
D. Deference
What is B. Assimilation
Identify the error in this sentence:
My dog ate a bunch of grass, it made him really sick.
A. Run-On
B. Comma Splice
C. Fragment
D. No Error
What is B. Comma Splice?
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
What is a Fragment: I am looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
What is a figure of speech which compares two objects using “like” or “as”?
A. Metaphor
B. Diction
C. Simile
D. Imagery
What is C. Simile?
Which one of the following is a synonym for mutilated?
A. Beautified
B. Disfigured
C. Healed
D. Loved
What is B. Disfigured?
Imploring most nearly means…
A. To be cheerful
B. To be happy
C. To beg
D. To be tired
What is C. to beg?
How do you fix this?
I do not like tomatoes I like tomato sauce.
A. I like tomato sauce I do not like tomatoes.
B. I do not like tomatoes, I like tomato sauce.
C. I do not like tomatoes, but I like tomato sauce.
D. I do not like tomatoes but I like tomato sauce.
What is C?
The boy went to the store, he bought fruit.
What is Comma Splice: The boy went to the store; he bought fruit.
What kind of literary device is this:
Life is a highway
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Personification
What is A. Metaphor?
Often_____are used a lot in literature like "cat got your tongue," and "they all lived happily ever after."
A. cliches
B. plaintives
C. heathenisms
D. supressions
What are A. cliches?
Which definition best fits with the word Heathenism:
A. Nice manners
B. Barbaric behavior
C. Being defeated
D. Without care
What is B. Barbaric behavior?
Identify the error in the following:
Since she didn’t want to.
A. Run on
B. Comma Splice
C. Fragment
D. No Error
What is C. Fragment?
Maeve doesn’t have a ride home because her mom is out.
The way the author conveys their attitude in a work of literature is…
A. mood
B. tone
C. alliteration
D. allusion
What is B. tone?
True or false? Mood is influenced by setting and tone.
What is true?
She put metal in the microwave ____________.
A. menacingly
B. decisively
C. amiably
D. haphazardly
What is D. haphazardly?
I went to school at 8 am I got home really late
A. I went to school at 8 am and I got home really late
B. I went to school at 8am, and I got home really late.
C. I went to school at 8 am, I got home really late.
D. No error
What is B?
Maci liked the bouquet of tulips she received at prom she prefers roses.
What is a Run-On: Maci liked the bouquet of tulips she received at prom, but she prefers roses.
What word best describes the diction used in The Catcher in the Rye?
A. Popular
B. Cheerful
C. Formal
D. Informal
What is D. Informal?
I was in __________ that the Celtics lost; they have been doing so well.
A. assimilation
B. plaintively
C. cliché
D. incredulity
What is D. incredulity?
Liv walked out of the classroom with a look of defeat after she failed her math quiz. Which word most closely matches the word in italics?
A. Dejection
B. Incredulity
C. Mutilation
D. Heathenism
What is A. Dejection?
Identify if this sentence is correct.
My friend got a new puppy, it was really cute and fluffy.
A. Comma Splice
B. Run-on
C. Fragment
D. It’s correct
What is A. Comma Splice?
Identify and fix the error(s) in the sentence: When Sally goes bike riding she gets really tired she needs a drink afterwards.
What is Run-On: When Sally goes bike riding, she gets really tired. She needs a drink afterwards.
Give an example of an allusion.
She wished she could just click her heels and be home.
Rewrite the following sentence so that it is grammatically correct:
When the bell rings all the kids went running to get out of school on the last day.
When the bell rings, all the kids went running to get out of school on the last day.