This type of noun names a group of something. An example of it would be a HERD of cows.
What is a collective noun?
100
This is an interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time.
What is flashback?
100
A comparison of two things that are not similar.
What is a metaphor?
100
A short, typically entertaining, account or story about a specific situation.
What is an anecdote?
100
This is used to help combine two words into a contraction.
What is an apostrophe?
200
This part of speech shows the relationship between a noun and another part of speech.
What is a preposition?
200
This is the message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
What is theme?
Note: implied or stated
200
The repetition of sounds at the end of words.
What is rhyme?
Note: internal & end rhyme
200
Name the five steps of the writing process IN ORDER.
What is :
1) Prewriting
2) Drafting
3) Revising
4) Editing
5) Publishing
200
If you were to share that your friend Bill told us good morning using a direct quotation, how would you write it?
(Write on the board.)
"Good morning," said Bill.
OR
Bill said, "Good morning."
300
Determine the complete subject of the following sentence:
Before the test, most of the students will be studying anxiously.
What is "most of the students?"
300
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
300
The use of words whose sounds echo their meanings.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
The main proposition or controlling idea that a writer attempts to support in a piece of writing.
What is a thesis?
300
Correctly write the title of the novel we read in December (the book about Jonas receiving memories) according to rules of capitalization and punctuation.
The Giver
*underlined or in italics
400
Determine the reflexive pronoun in the sentence below:
She knew she needed to fix herself some breakfast before she made Tyler his.
What is "herself?"
400
Providing hints that suggest future events in the story. This creates suspense and makes a reader eager to hear what happens next.
What is foreshadowing?
400
A humorous use of words to include jokes within a poem by the meaning, appearance, or sound of the word.
What is a pun?
400
This sentence states its paragraph's main idea while the remaininging sentence provide support for this sentence.
What is a topic sentence?
400
To combine two independent clauses, you should use a comma and a conjunction or this.
What is a semicolon?
500
This SPECIFIC part of speech is followed by a direct object, showing what the action is going towards.
What is a transitive verb? (Note: transitive verbs MUST be action verbs)
500
These are the methods of characterization?
What is:
1) physical appearance of character
2) thoughts, speech, and actions
3) other characters' reactions
4) narrator's comments
500
The stress placed on the syllable of a word in poetry.
What is accent?
500
If you were wanting students to complete an assignment in a specific way, the best, most appropriate format for writing this work-related text would be these.
What are instructions?
500
If your friend Jim has a dog named Sophie, how would you describe Sophie using appropriate punctuation? Sophie is ________ dog.