Spot the Error
Robot or Poet?
Correct Spelling
Literature
MHS Rules
10

Spot the error:

The dog's are running very fast.

Dog's (no apostrophe)

10

The dirty rusty wooden dresser drawer.
A couple million people wearing drawers,
Or looking through a lonely oven door,
Flowers covered under marble floors.

Machine

10

A) argument 

or 

B) arguement?

A) argument

10

Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.

Fiction = a made up story

Nonfiction = a true story

10

True or False: Hats are not allowed in class or in the school building at any time.

True

20

My cousin's High School has different rules than mine.

high school should be lower case--only capitalized when it is a specific high school:

"Manasquan High School"

20

Blowing from the west
Fallen leaves gather
In the east.

human (haiku)

20

A) achieve 

or 

B) acheive?

A) achieve

20

Every freshman English class is required to read Romeo & Juliet, a play written by this playwright.

William Shakespeare

20

True or False:

You are allowed to use backpacks to carry your books from class to class at the high school.

False

30

Ms Testa is teaching one class of freshman this year.

Ms.

30

Her love is full and indiscriminate
And even so you’ll find no sin in it.

human

30

A) agressive 

or 

B) aggressive?

B) aggressive

30

Some books have a second book that continue the story, called a sequel. Other books have many books that continue an ongoing story, this is known as a series. 

When a book has three books that link together to tell a complete story, it is known as a _________________.

Trilogy

30

True or False: You have to scan your ID when visiting a teacher during lunch.

True. This is also known as "turnstyling"

40
If you study, it will have a positive effect on your grades.

Correct. effect is a noun/ affect is a verb

40

you
   
 
  are
   
      inscribed
          in the
           lines on the
     ceiling
   
      you
   
 are
   
   inscribed in
         the depths
   of
         the
    storm

Robot

40

A) commitee 

or 

B) committee?

B) committee

40

True or False: All students at Manasquan High School, no matter their level of English, will eventually read The Great Gatsby and Lord of the Flies.

True. Although some works are different, The Great Gatsby is read by all juniors, and Lord of the Flies is read by all seniors.

40

True or False: According to the grading system at the high school, a "failing" grade is a grade of 68% or lower.

False. A 65% is passing (D) while anything below a 65% is NOT passing.

50

My friend and me both have the same hair color.

My friend and I both have the same hair color.

50

 So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
    So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Shakespearean Sonnet 

"Shall I Compare thee to a Summer's Day"

50

A) definately

or

B) definitely

B) definitely

50

MLA is a way to format papers when you are writing in English class, and sometimes even in History and Psychology classes. What does it stand for?

Modern Language Association.

50

True or False: If you do not have an ID on, or a temporary ID on while you are in the building, you can receive a detention or will be sent to see administration at teacher's discretion.

True. You are required to have identification whenever you are in the building.