This punctuation is used to enclose the title of a short story.
Who are quotes?
100
He came up with the idea to build a wooden horse that would hide his soldiers.
Who is Odyseus?
100
He gave the famous speech called "The Gettysburg Address.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
omission of words or passage of time indicated by the use of three periods…like so.
What is ellipsis?
100
This what someone does when he or she is physically or verbally aggressive to another person in order to control them in some way.
What is B-U-L-L-Y-I-N-G ?
200
This punctuation is used before the connecting word in a compound sentence.
What is a comma ?
200
These people were trapped on an island away from their families because they ate plants that made them forget everything but the joy of eating the plant.
Who were the Lotus eaters?
200
Stephen St. Vincent wrote the essay "We Aren't Suspicious" about this historic event.
What are the Salem Which Trials?
200
An author’s individual method and tone
What is style or voice?
200
This is the order in which events happen in time.
What is C-H-R-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.
300
This punctuation is missing in the following sentence:
Andy screamed "What do you think you are doing?"
What is a comma after "screamed"? ?
300
His name was Polyphemous.
Who was the Cyclops ?
300
Ind this short story by Edgar Allen Poe, the narrator was almost killed by falling into a pit in the middle of his prison when he awoke in total darkness.
What is "The Pit and the Pendulum"?
300
The cleansing of emotion after an intense emotional build-up, resulting in feelings of great relief and often happiness.
What is catharsis?
300
This is the first name of the president of the United States.
What is B-A-R-A-C-K?
400
Before we went to the dance.
What is a sentence fragment?
400
Penelope refused to marry one of the suitors until this task was accomplished.
What was weaving s shroud for her son?
400
Ambrose Bierce wrote "Horseman in the Sky" which is a story about a son who kills his father because they are on opposite sides of this war.
What is the Civil War?
400
Writing to explain something; usually built around details that support a main idea or thesis statement.
What is expository writing?
400
This is a state that was one of the original 13 colonies. It touches the Atlantic Ocean.
What is C-0-N-N-E-C-T-I-C-U-T?
500
I'm writing this to introduce myself and to make it clear that I am a good person with the right attitude that will help me become a successful worker and make my life successful even though my life has been very hard up until now due to family problems and people that try to get me fired and talk against me because they don't know what they are talking about.
What is wordiness?
500
This sorceress changed Odyseus's men into swine.
Who is Circe?
500
William falkner wrote this story about a woman who kills her lover, keeps his body in her upstairs bedroom, and lays next to it years later.
What is "A Rose for Emily"?
500
Deliberately minimizing the importance of what is meant
What is understatement?
500
This is a word that means the repetition of consonant sounds.