Grab Bag
Short Stories
Grammar
Writing
Lit Terms
100
I am Huck's guardian at the end of TOATS
Who is the Widow Douglas?
100
In “The Jumping Frog of Calavaras County”, this was placed in the frog’s stomach to prevent him from jumping.
What is shot?
100
a person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun?
100
Events in a narrative piece of writing must be in _______________order.
What is chronological?
100
Words that sound like the noise they make are called this.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
The size and style of font for ALL 8th graders
What is 12 point Times New Roman
200
In “The King of Mazy May”, this is the city where claims were recorded.
What is Dawson?
200
To electrify your writing, you should try to use ________ verbs instead of using adverbs.
What is vivid?
200
Written to celebrate a life.
What is Eulogy?
200
an author's message
What is theme?
300
This vocabulary word means "rescue from slavery, capture, or danger"
What is deliverance?
300
In “Raymond’s Run”, I was the main character who loved to run.
Who is Squeaky?
300
Reflexive pronouns are ______________ when in a sentence.
What is required?
300
Which point of view in writing uses "you" as the pronoun?
What is second person p.o.v?
300
This point of view involves a narrator who sees all and knows all
What is third-person omniscient?
400
The names of the rappers at the Celebration of Life
What is MC Grammar and DJ Tanner?
400
In “The Ransom of Red Chief”, this is the last name of Red Chief.
What is Dorset?
400
This type of sentence ends with and exclamation mark
What is an exclamatory?
400
A ___________sentence is made of at least two independent clauses.
What is compound?
400
A reference to something with which the reader is likely to be familiar, such as an event from history, literature, or pop culture
What is an allusion?
500
The vocabulary word that means "large fires".
What is a conflagration?
500
"The Story of an Eyewitness" was based on what incident?
What is the San Francisco fire?
500
George gave his mother a rose for her birthday. Identify both the direct object and indirect object.
What is direct object: "rose", indirect object: "mother"
500
Three of the stages of the writing process
What are Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Proofreading, Publishing
500
A common phrase made up of words that can't be understood by their literal or ordinary meanings.
What is an idiom?
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