Literary Devices
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. WHAT LITERARY DEVICE IS USED HERE?
Alliteration
This form of conflict can be seen in "I've Got Gloria" when Scott starts to feel the emotions of guilt and remorse for his prank.
Person vs. self conflict
In English, we call them parentheses. What is the term in math and science?
Brackets
Of all M&M colours, which one is the most rare, averaging a total of only 14% of most bags?
Brown.
The new Spiderman movie is AWFULLY GOOD for a superhero movie. WHAT LITERARY DEVICE IS USED HERE?
An oxymoron.
Mood
What TWO DIFFERENT pieces of punctuation could possibly be used to separate two complete and related sentences?
A period or a semicolon
In a bingo game, which number do bingo callers refer to as "two little ducks"?
22
It's been raining so long that I feel like I SHOULD BUILD AN ARK. WHAT LITERARY DEVICE IS USED HERE?
An allusion.
This is the point on the plot graph when the conflict has ended and readers get a glimpse of what life will be like for the characters moving forward.
Denoument/conclusion/resolution (all acceptable)
This piece of punctuation is used to indicate possession or to combine words into contractions.
An apostrophe
How many of Snow White's dwarves have names ending in the letter 'y'?
FIVE: Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy and Dopey
I asked my dad to drive me to the movies but he couldn't because he was drowning IN A SEA OF PAPERWORK. WHAT LITERARY DEVICE IS USED HERE?
A metaphor.
The exposition
I had planned to get all of my homework done this weekend however by the time I was done work practice and babysitting I had no energy left
LIST THE PUNCTUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THIS SENTENCE.
1 semicolon, 3 commas, 1 period
I had planned to get all of my homework done this weekend; however, by the time I was done work, practice and babysitting, I had no energy left.
Name the two US states that do not participate in daylight savings time.
Hawaii and Arizona.
I can't believe how pessimistic my sister can be. I swear her blood type is B-NEGATIVE. WHAT DEVICE IS USED HERE?
A pun.
This is the term for a narrator that has access to the thoughts, ideas and emotions of all the characters involved in a story.
Third-person omniscient
I am so relieved there aren't exams this semester, my science test would have been really hard. IS THERE A WRITING ERROR IN THIS SENTENCE? IF SO, WHAT IS IT?
Comma splice (a comma is incorrectly used to do the job of a semicolon or period)
What is the Scoville scale used to measure?
The spiciness of food.