Nouns and Pronouns
Characterization
Persuasive Techniques and Word Choice
Language
Rando
100

Is Barrington Irving a proper, common, or possessive noun?

What is proper noun.

100

Is the following sentence direct or indirect characterization?


Mr. Wagner was extremely happy today.

What is direct characterization.  

100

What is repetition?

What is consisting of saying something repeatedly for effect.  To say something over and over again on purpose.

100

What is tone?

What is the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject.  Tone almost always affects the mood.  

100

What animal would Ms. Lewis keep as a pet that sounds weird to have as a pet, but would also be cool?

What is a raccoon.

200

Is Anton's a proper, common, or possessive noun?

What is a possessive noun. 

200

Is the following sentence direct or indirect characterization?

Ms. Winters saw the sun shining bright in the sky and began to grin.  The days of snowfall are over and that internal reaction is beginning to show on her face as her grin grows. 

What is indirect characterization. 

200

What is appeals to reason?

What is when the audience is invited to use logic as they draw conclusions from the evidence presented by the writer. 

200

What is point of view?

What is the author's perspective or unique way of viewing a topic.  

200

What is the last part of a hamburger referred to as in a TDA?

What is a the bottom bun. 

300
Are I, you, and they personal or possessive pronouns?

What is personal pronoun.

300

What is an author's purpose?

What is his or her main reason for writing: to persuade, to inform, and to entertain. P.I.E.

300

What is appeals to emotions?

What is an attempt to persuade readers by triggering their feelings about a subject.  

300

What are the different types of points of view?

First, Second, and Third person.  

300

How many animals does Ms. Coughenour have?

Names?

What is 2 cats, Midnight and Orion.

400

Are my, your, its, and their personal or possessive pronouns?

What is possessive pronouns.

400

What are clauses.  Not the ones that live in the North Pole. 

400

What is appeals to authority?

What is when there are references to expert opinions. Usually when looking at facts, data, and quotes. 

400

What is mood?

What is the overall feeling created in a reader by a literary work.  Described using emotion words, such as joyous, gloomy, peaceful, or frightening.  

400

Mr. P. has ridden this animal at the Cleveland Zoo.

What is a camel. 

500

Find all nouns and pronouns in the following sentence:


Ms. Winter's Pepsi can was sitting on the counter.

What is Ms. Winters - Proper possessive noun

Pepsi can - Proper noun

Counter - Common noun.

500

The Latin prefix ex- means ... 

What is "out" or "out from within."

500

How many animals does Mr. Wagner have?

What is 2 dogs.

500

What is descriptive language?

What is helps readers visualized events, characters, and settings. 
500

What is Jakai's height. 

What is 5' 10"