Literary Terms
Test Format
Editing/Punctuation
Run-ons/Fragments
Random Vocabulary
100
Comparing 2 unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile
100
Expository writing is writing that what?
What is explains.
100
Fix this sentence: Sally ate her hamburger too quickly consequently she had to run to the bathroom to throw up.
What is ;consequently,
100
What is this fragment missing? As the wind blew quickly across my face, standing on the hillside.
What is the subject, helping verb
100
Looking at the glass half full
What is optimistic
200
"Delicious Death" is an example of what literary term?
What is oxymoron or alliteration
200
An essay should have what main parts?
intro, body, conclusion
200
FANBOYS stands for...
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
200
Fix this run-on. I hated the fact that she was always ready faster than me yet I would never ever say anything to her face.
What is ,yet
200
Jaunty means_______ and is what part of speech
What is having a carefree, self confident manner - adjective
300
"The wind roared and shook the house, flexing its muscles." This is an example of what?
What is personification
300
Name the sentences in a paragraph (the paragraph song)
What is topic sentence, concrete detail, commentary, commentary, concrete detail, commentary, commentary
300
Fix the following sentence. Hello said Jane I was hoping to catch you before I left for class. How are you?
What is "Hello" "I.......you?"
300
As was common for many writers during the 1940s, Chandler turned to screenwriting to earn the money his novels could not provide in mid-1943, he signed a contract with Paramount Pictures to work on a screenplay with the director Billy Wilder. What error is shown?
What is a comma splice.
300
Superflous means.......
What is extra, unnecessary, a surplus
400
A reference to another literary work
What is allusion
400
You can answer on this part of the test with a diagram, chart, list, or graphic organizer.
What is the reading open response.
400
The island of Sri Lanka formerly called Ceylon is home to many types of wildlife. Where do we need commas and why?
What is Lanka, Ceylon, because it is not needed information
400
What is the difference between a fused sentence and a comma splice?
What is a comma. Comma splice has a comma separating 2 complete sentences; a fused one has nothing.
400
What are the comparative and superlative forms of the word "thin?"
What is thinner, thinnest
500
The repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance
500
What 3 things must you ALWAYS have in an open response to get a 4?
What is the answer, quote from text, and your explanation.
500
You can never put a colon where?
What is after the verb.
500
Describe the 4 ways to connect these 2 independent clauses correctly. My mom hates my hair She wishes I would cut it
What is hair, and (or any FANBOYS) ; ;therefore, .
500
Laconic means...?
What is having short replies, terse
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