Grammar
Devices
Readings
Maine
Flora and Fauna
100

What two things must a sentence have?

Subject and verb

100

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clauses. 

Anaphora

100

Where the did the boys go duck hunting?

Brown Cow Island or Devil's hump

100

The first ________ caught in the penobscot river each year was traditionally presented to the president. 

Salmon

100

This carnivorous plant is often found in boggy areas. 

Pitcher Plant

200

Fix the error: The two best things about the party was the food and the music.

The two best things about the party were the food and the music.

200

The pen is mightier than the sword is an example of _______. 

Metonymy

200

Why was Gary Snyder's glove living? 

It was covered with ants.

200
Maine was originally part of this state. 

Massachusetts

200

People chew the sap of this tree. 

Spruce

300

Fix the error: The boys snuck home late that night. Then waited for the consequences.

The boys snuck home late that night, then waited for the consequences.

300

"You won't be sorry" is an example of _______.

Litotes

300

Why did Thoreau build his cabin?

To live deliberately

300

Baxter State Park is the size of this state.

Rhode Island

300

This large mammal can run upwards of 30 mph.

Black bear

400

Fix the error: My sisters and I love to go shopping, we then have lunch together when we’re done.

My sisters and I love to go shopping. We then have lunch together when we’re done.

400
"They grew bored and potatoes" is an example of ______.

Zeugma

400

What was in the sons boot when they found the fisherman?

Starfish

400

Maine's state bird is the ______.

Chikadee 

400
Name two trout that are not native to Maine. 

Brown trout and rainbow trout

500

Fix the error: Jack and Jill got in the "10 items or less" aisle at the grocery store.

Jack and Jill got in the "10 items or fewer" aisle at the grocery store.

500

"This I must see" is an example of _______.

Hyperbaton

500

What transcendental journal did Thoreau edit?

 Dial

500

Maine's state tree is the ________.

White Pine

500

Name one poisonous snake found in Maine's western mountains.

Timber rattlesnake

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