Vocabulary
Grammar
Literary Terms
Short Stories
MLA Format
100
"make impossible, especially beforehand" is the definition for what vocabulary word?
What is preclude?
100
What are the words identified by the acronym FANBOYS?
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
100
What type of writing is a story or novel?
What is narrative?
100
In the Scarlet Ibis, what is the narrator's brother's name?
Who is Doodle?
100
What is it called when you use a passage from another text word-for-word in your own work?
What is an embedded quote?
200
"full of or showing high-spirited merriment" is the definition for which word?
What is jovial?
200
This type of punctuation is used to separate single items in a list.
What is a comma?
200
Only what can be determined by the senses relates to which type of narration?
What is Third Person Limited?
200
The town in "The Lottery" continues the lottery for what reason?
What is to ensure a good harvest?
200
What punctuation mark has to surround a direct quote?
What are quotation marks?
300
"in fear or dread of possible evil or harm" is the definition for which vocabulary word?
What is apprehensive?
300
This type of punctuation is used to conclude a complete sentence and introduce a list.
What is a colon?
300
How many types of conflict are there?
What is six types?
300
In the story, "The Cask of Amontillado", what is the protagonist's reason for seeking revenge?
What is the antagonist insulted him?
300
No matter if you directly quote a source or paraphrase information from another source, you must do what at the end of the sentence in your paper that is created with help from another source?
What is cite it by including the author or article title?
400
"surpassing the ordinary or normal" is the definition for which vocabulary word?
What is uncanny?
400
What is the term given to a word that combines two independent clauses and appears after a semicolon and before a comma?
What is a conjunctive adverb?
400
Having "dual meaning" is known as what literary term?
What is double entendre?
400
In "The Scarlet Ibis", what is the purpose of the ibis?
What is to server as a symbol for Doodle?
400
What do you include in the top right corner of every page in an academic paper?
What is your last name and page number (ie. header)?
500
"run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along" is the definition for which vocabulary word?
What is abscond?
500
Identify the nouns in the following sentence. "We went to the pool during the summer."
What are we, pool, and summer?
500
What type of irony is identified when the audience and characters’ thoughts are both contradicted by an event in the story?
What is dramatic irony?
500
The title of the story "The Most Dangerous Game" represents which literary term?
What is double entendre?
500
A works cited includes what information?
What is all the information needed for the reader to find where you pulled your research and must correlate with the PIs in your paper?
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