Read Between the Lines
Comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is simile?
Correct this sentence: Because he ate the cheese Jimmy's lactose intolerance flared up.
What is missing a comma after the dependent clause?
Allegorical novel about life on a deserted island and a pig head on a stick
What is Lord of the Flies?
Name the figurative language: It costs an arm and a leg.
What is hyperbole?
Order of a basic sentence
What is Subject-Verb-Object?
The Bard of Avon
Who is William Shakespeare?
Contradictory terms placed in conjunction
Verb ending in -ing
What is gerund verb?
Author of Ulysses
Turn of phrase that represents a figurative meaning, and is unique to a language, culture, or region
What is an idiom?
A comma used after the second to last item in a list of three or more
What is the Oxford comma?
Beloved dystopian series with a recent release
What is The Hunger Games?
Substituting the name of one thing for an attribute that is closely related
What is metonymy?
Name the misstep: After the sun went down, Louisa chose to quickly run home.
What is split infinitive?
Pen name used by Mary Ann Evans
What is "George Eliot?"