What is the Main Idea of: "Dispatched by the British admiralty in 1845 to search polar waters for the fabled Northwest Passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, the expedition led by Sir John Franklin was soon lost. For more than a century and a half searchers combed Canada’s high Arctic in vain for the expedition’s two ships, H.M.S. Erebus and Terror."
Finding a lost ship
100
“She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore” or “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers” is an example of what?
What is Alliteration
100
What is the error in: We had initially planned to remove all of the old furniture from the storage area, but we decided against doing so because it would have took too much time
"Would have took
200
Nameless
What is Anonymous
200
What is the Suffix of abominable
what is -Able
200
What is the Main Idea of: "Scientists feared they were on a grim mission. Biologists searching Mexico's Sea of Cortez for the world's most endangered marine mammal—a tiny porpoise called the vaquita—worried they might already be too late."
Finding an incredibly rare mammal
200
This room feels like a Freezer" is an example of what?
What is a Simile"
200
What is the error in: When recipes for iced tea appeared in a few late-nineteenth-century cookbooks, the drink did not become popular until the 1904 World's Fair.
When
300
persistent, resolute
What is Tenacious
300
What is the Root of "Malevolent"
what is -Mal
300
What is: "An early 18th-century Spanish ship that could contain treasures of gold, silver, and jewels is becoming an object of contention as Colombia, Spain, and a U.S.-based salvage company try to sort out who owns the ship’s immense wealth.The San Jose is being hailed as perhaps the most valuable shipwreck discovery of all time. President Santos of Colombia estimated the value of the find at about $1 billion U.S."
(http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/151209-spanish-shipwreck-billion-treasure-archaeology/) riches
A sunken ship that might hold untold riches
300
"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of what?
What is an Idiom
300
What is error in: Although Gail was told that she possesses remarkable musical talent, she should not be oblivious from the constant need for practice.
From
400
having significant consequences : important
What is consequential
400
What the is the suffix in tallest?
what is -est
400
What is: "In an announcement Monday, the team said it found extensive evidence of Neolithic stone quarrying at two sites in Wales that supplied the distinctive ‘bluestones’ erected at Stonehenge around 5,000 years ago. Forty-three bluestones survive out of an estimated 80 that once stood at Stonehenge; they form an inner horseshoe at the site, surrounded by the outer circle of much larger giant sandstone monoliths. By dating and studying artifacts from the quarries, the archaeologists have determined when and how prehistoric people first extracted these bluestones."
(http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/151207-stonehenge-bluestone-discovery-archaeology/)
Finding out how the Stone Henges were created
400
What is an exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is a Hyperbole
400
What is the error in:"Someone who uses a personal computer to perform only such tasks as word processing and sending e-mail need not buy the most advanced model available on the market. "