Novel Study
Category: Characters – This hobbit is reluctantly dragged on an adventure by Gandalf and a group of dwarves.
Bilbo Baggins
Category: Parts of Speech – This part of speech describes an action, state, or occurrence.
verb
Category: Animal Idioms – If someone has "a bee in their bonnet," what does it mean?
"They are obsessed or preoccupied with an idea"
Category: Sentence Structure – Identify the grammatical error in the following sentence: Neither of the students have finished their homework.
"have" should be "has" because "neither" is singular
Category: Figurative Language – The phrase "whispering winds wound through the willows" is an example of this literary device, which involves the repetition of initial consonant sounds.
alliteration
Category: Places – This dangerous forest is home to giant spiders and causes travelers to become disoriented and hungry.
Mirkwood
Category: Sentence Structure – A sentence that contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses is called this.
a complex sentence
Category: Money & Business Idioms – What does it mean to "break the bank"?
"To spend too much money or use up all one's resources"
Category: Verb Moods – In which verb mood is the following sentence written? If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.
What is the subjunctive mood
Category: Irony – A fire station burning down is an example of this type of irony, where the opposite of what is expected happens.
situational irony
Category: Riddles & Puzzles – In the dark tunnels of the Misty Mountains, Bilbo wins a game of riddles against this slimy, cave-dwelling creature.
Gollum
Category: Punctuation – This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without a conjunction.
a semicolon
Category: Weather Idioms – If something happens "once in a blue moon," how often does it occur?
"Very rarely or almost never"
Category: Punctuation – Correctly place commas in this sentence: Although she was tired she continued working on her project because she wanted to finish it on time.
"Although she was tired, she continued working on her project because she wanted to finish it on time."
Category: Symbolism – In literature, a raven is often used as a symbol for this concept, associated with death and foreboding.
doom or bad luck
Category: Magic & Artifacts – This object, found by Bilbo, grants its wearer the power of invisibility.
the One Ring
Category: Verb Tenses – Identify the tense of this sentence: By next year, she will have graduated from high school
future perfect
Category: Body Part Idioms – What does it mean to "get cold feet" before an event?
"To suddenly become nervous or hesitant about something, often before a big decision"
Category: Parts of Speech – Identify the function of the word "running" in the sentence: Running every morning has improved my endurance.
a gerund acting as the subject of the sentence
Category: Narration & Perspective – A story told in third-person omniscient point of view differs from third-person limited because the narrator has access to this.
The thoughts and feelings of all characters.
Category: Battles & Conflicts – This final battle, involving men, elves, dwarves, goblins, and wargs, determines the fate of the Lonely Mountain.
the Battle of the Five Armies
Category: Common Errors – Identify the error in this sentence: Me and my friend went to the store.
It should be "My friend and I."
Category: Color Idioms – If a person was "caught red-handed," what happened?
"They were caught in the act of doing something wrong"
Category: Clauses – Is the following clause independent or dependent? Since he had never tried sushi before.
a dependent clause
Category: Meter & Poetic Structure – A line of poetry written in iambic pentameter contains this many syllables.
ten