This is figurative language that compares two unlike objects using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
What does "down and out" mean in the following sentence?
After his mother died, he was feeling down and out.
What is sad, depressed, miserable?
100
What type of punctuation is missing and where does it go?
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What is a question mark (?) at the end of the question?
100
Revise this sentence:
Shannen and Ze'Nae kisses up to the teacher in order to get brownies.
What is
Shannen and Ze'Nae KISS up to the teacher in order to get brownies.
100
TO or TOO
Fred will eat dinner ______.
What is TOO?
200
This is when an author use hints or clues about what will happen later in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
200
In the following sentence, replace the word "nagging" with a word that has a more POSITIVE connotation?
My mother is always nagging me about my chores.
What is asking about, telling, reminding?
200
What type of punctuation is missing and where does it go?
My pet dog Murphy is very ugly, but I think he is cute.
What is:
My pet dog, Murphy, is very ugly, but I think he is cute.
200
Revise this sentence:
We love laughing, singing, eating, and to go to the movies.
We love laughing, singing, eating, and GOING to the movies.
200
IT'S or ITS
The dog left _______ bone out back.
The dog left ITS bone out back.
300
This is when the opposite of what you expect to happen happens.
What is irony?
300
What does "exasperated" mean as it is used in the following sentence?
"I was exasperated by the negative attitude of the students."
What is annoyed or upset?
300
What type of punctuation is missing and where does it go?
Herman looks like a toad, said the young girl.
What are quotation marks? "Herman looks like a toad," said the young girl.
300
Restate the following in active voice:
The championship soccer game was won by Frederick Douglass High School.
Frederick Douglass High School won the championship soccer game.
300
THEIR, THERE, or THEY'RE
I will feed __________ cat while they are gone.
I will feed THEIR cat while they are gone.
400
This is when you give nonhuman things human-like characteristics.
Example: The trees waved at us as we walked by.
What is personification?
400
"Dirty" has a neutral connotation.
Give one word or phrase that has a more POSITIVE connotation and one word or phrase that has a more NEGATIVE connotation.
What is filthy (negative) and unclean (positive)?
400
What type of punctuation is missing and where does it go?
The new sneakers are coming out tomorrow I will get them after school.
The new sneakers are coming out tomorrow, so I will get them after school.
The new sneakers are coming out tomorrow. I will get them after school.
400
Revise this sentence:
I told Stephanie she was ugly I wonder if she knew I was kidding.
I told Stephanie she was ugly; I wonder if she knew I was kidding.
400
EXCEPT or ACCEPT?
Everyone _______ Jerry is going to the show.
Everyone EXCEPT Jerry is going to the show.
500
The author's attitude towards a subject.
What is tone?
500
What does the word "besotted" mean as it is used in the following sentence?
"I was besotted by the beauty of the girl. Every time I saw her, it felt as if I had a few too many drinks."
What is drunk, obsessed, love struck, smitten?
500
Fix this sentence.
Each teacher, student, and administrator at this school love coming to Frederick Douglass.
Each teacher, student, and administrator at this school LOVES coming to Frederick Douglass.
500
Revise this sentence:
Be careful when you sit next to he and Julie. They will always try to copy off of you.
Be careful when you sit next to JULIE AND HIM. They will always try to copy off of you.
500
PROCEED or PRECEDE
I will ____________ with this game, even if you don't want me to.
I will PROCEED with this game, even if you don't want me to.