Short Story Elements
Literary Devices
MLA Format and Essay Writing
Grammar
Current Events
100
The six forms of conflict are person vs. person, self, society and...
What are nature, technology and the supernatural?
100
The term for a word or phrase made up of contradictory or opposite ideas such as 'bittersweet' or the 'living dead'.
What is an oxymoron?
100
This should be found in the top right corner of each page of an MLA-formatted paper.
What is a header consisting of the writer's last name and the page number?
100
Put apostrophes in the following sentence: The sun shone its rays through Sarahs window, but Jess room received no light.
The sun shone its rays through Sarah's window, but Jess' room received no light.
100
This year, the film festival held annually in this Canadian city included a movie about Terry Fox directed by basketball player Steve Nash.
What is Toronto?
200
These are the five points on a plot graph.
What are the introduction, rising action, climax, falling action and denoument?
200
The term for a reoccurring concept, object or element in a story such as the concepts of identity and change in the story Mirror Image.
What is a motif?
200
This is the formatting that should be applied to an MLA paper's title.
What is centering only (no bold, underline, caps, quotation marks or italics)?
200
Correctly punctuate the following sentence: We were supposed to go to the dance last night however it was cancelled.
We were supposed to go to the dance last night; however, it was cancelled.
200
A dog sledding company in this famous Canadian ski-resort town is under scrutiny since it was revealed that they have euthanized (put down) between 70 and 100 dogs since April.
What is Whistler, British Columbia?
300
Learning about what a character is like through a character's thoughts, words and actions is what form of characterization?
What is indirect characterization?
300
In Romeo & Juliet, Mercutio and Romeo are complete opposites - Mercutio does not believe in or support the idea of love while Romeo is a hopeless romantic. This is an example of what literary device?
What is a foil?
300
This is the term for the opening sentence of each body paragraph of an essay, which outlines what the paragraph will be about and how it will directly support the purpose of the essay.
What is the topic sentence?
300
What is the term for a grammar mistake in which two or more separate ideas are joined with commas instead of a period or coordinating word like "and, nor, but, yet", etc.?
What is a comma splice? (We went to the store, I bought a carton of milk, it went bad before I got it home.)
300
This week, one of the world's oldest wanted criminals was finally arrested in Hungary when she was caught stealing approximately $75 from a wallet. With over 20 convictions and 18 years in prison so far, how old is this woman?
84-years-old.
400
This is the term for the writer's attitude toward the subject matter of his or her story, revealed through word choice and plot.
What is tone?
400
This device is the use of a word or phrase which has two meanings at the same time, resulting in humor such as "I tried wrapping Christmas presents, but I didn't have the gift."
What is a pun?
400
This is the minimum number of supporting details that an essay's body paragraph should contain, to provide a full and convincing argument.
What is three?
400
This is the name for the grammar mistake found in the following sentence "I'm not speaking to nobody in this class."
What is a double negative?
400
This movie, starring one of the lead actors from Gossip Girl, ruled the box office this weekend, raking in over $15 million.
What is The Roommate?
500
This is the rarest method of narration in literature (though quite common in song lyrics) in which the narrator refers to one of the characters as "you", therefore making the audience member feel as if he or she is a character within the story.
What is second-person narration?
500
The literary devices in the following sentence: The flames of the fire rose and fell like waves, licking at the wood as it hissed and crackled.
What is a simile, personification and onomatopoeia?
500
This is the term for words used in an essay to alert the reader that you are moving from one paragraph or idea to the next, such as "furthermore", "in addition" or "to sum up"?
What are transition words?
500
What is grammatically incorrect about the sign at the grocery store aisle that reads "Ten items or less"?
The word 'less' suggests a group or collection of things that cannot be counted. Grocery items can be counted; therefore the sign should read "Ten items or fewer".
500
China has recently loaned out this five-month-old animal, named Fu Hu, to a zoo in Vienna, Austria, for ten years. What kind of animal is Fu Hu?
A panda bear.
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