Literary Elements
Antecedent
Homophones
Writing Process
Agreement
100
Her lips are rubies.
What is a metaphor?
100
Everyone in the classes remembered (his or her / their) teachers.
What is his or her?
100
That hat (compliments, complements) your suit.
What is complements?
100
An outline or a web
What is prewriting?
100
Anna and the King (was, were) very different people.
What is were?
200
The drops of rain splashed on the window.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
If anybody wants to succeed in corporate life, (he or she, they) has to know the rules of the game.
What is he or she?
200
The accused pleaded guilty to a (capital, capitol) offense.
What is capital?
200
A book for sale in a book store
What is publishing?
200
Neither Anna's students nor Anna (is, are) happy about the king's death.
What is is?
300
The wind whispered her name.
What is personification?
300
Somebody has left (his or her / their) bag on the floor.
What is his or her?
300
The (principle, principal) owner developed an invention that revolutionized the business.
What is principal?
300
An essay written but not corrected
What is drafting?
300
Bunkie, one of the smaller towns, (remain, remains) the "best spot top side of God's green earth."
What is remains?
400
They were valued more than the Ten Commandments!
What is allusion?
400
Both Mary and Martha take (her / their) dogs on daily walks.
What is their?
400
I bought some (stationary, stationery) with my name embossed on it.
What is stationery?
400
Making sure words that should be capitalized are capitalized and punctuation marks are in the right place
What is editing?
400
One of our Presidents (seem, seems) to have used Vietnam as a ploy for power.
What is seems?
500
The Suite Life of Zach and Cody
What is a pun?
500
One of the students must give (his / their) oral report tomorrow.
What is his?
500
I intend to visit (there, their, they're) home next month.
What is their?
500
Changing words or phrases in order to make the message more effective
What is revising?
500
The Gateway and the End-of-Course exam (has, have) similar objectives.
What is have?
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