SAT Vocab/Misc.
Literary Terms 1
Literary Terms 2
Grammar
MLA
100
Great trouble or difficulty {austere, surfeit, adversity, voracious}
What is adversity
100
'Pedro is a pool of sadness' is an example of ---
What is metaphor
100
The atmosphere created by the writer through imagery, rhythm, sound, and figurative language.
What is mood
100
Used to separate words and phrases or to indicate a slight pause in a sentence.
What are commas
100
BONUS! Extra 200 points with correct answer! The heading on a research paper looks like this.
What is First Last Teacher Class # Month Year
200
This man is considered to be the creator of an authentically American style of wirting
Who is Mark Twain
200
'The miserable chair groaned as I sat down on it' is an example of ---
What is personification
200
A writer's attitude toward a subject and is revealed by word choice and details.
What is tone
200
This is the acronym we used when talking about subordinating conjunctions
What is WABU WABU WATIST
200
This is the font size and font name that is to be used on all parts of an MLA paper.
What is 12, Times New Roman
300
BONUS! Extra 200 points with correct answer! Name 4 of the 7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens.
What is: be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek first to understand then to be understood, synergize, sharpen the saw
300
Third person narrator who knows everything that happens in the story.
What is omniscient point of view
300
BONUS! Extra 100 points with correct answer! 'Nadir never needed to knock on Norman's door' is an example of ---
What is alliteration
300
These separate complete thoughts that are related to each other.
What are semicolons
300
This is what you use when you want to replace pronouns, tenses, etc. from direct quotes to make the quote flow directly into the sentence.
What are brackets
400
Showing an unselfish concern for others. {ardent, compliant, altruistic, voracious}
What is altrustic
400
A reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work, or work of art.
What is allusion
400
Strongest sentence in a paper, delivers the central idea or position in a piece of writing.
What is thesis
400
BONUS! Extra 200 points with correct answer! This is how the punctuation should look for the following sentence: 'Maria couldn't believe she wasn't invited to the party however she couldn't blame Amy for leaving her out she had been awful mean to her the past few weeks'
What is Maria couldn't believe she wasn't invited to the party, however, she couldn't blame Amy for leaving her out; she had been awful mean to her the past few weeks.
400
This is the term for the substitution technique '...'
What is ellipsis
500
Lazy; not wanting to do any work. {student, indolent, aloof, austere}
What is indolent
500
'Mother Nature greeted the first day of spring with then inches of snow' is an example of ---
What is irony
500
The following sentence is an example of --- appeal: 'What if one of your loved ones desperately needed a new kidney?'
What is pathos
500
Name the subordinating conjunction words that belong to the acronym 'WATIST' (from WABU, WABU, WATIST)
What are W) when, whenever, where, wherever, whether, while A) after, although, as T) than, that, though I) If, in S) since T) than, that, though
500
This is what MLA stands for.
What is Modern Language Association
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