Have you ever visited the ________ building in Denver?
capitol = building
capital = every other usage
100
What do you call a sentence in the first paragraph that summarizes the central idea of an essay?
Thesis statement
100
An author tends to write with bias in a persuasive text. What does the word bias mean?
Subjective / includes personal opinion
100
Like a pig, Terrance slopped up his lunch.
Simile
100
What does an ellipsis generally mean in writing?
Words are missing / dramatic pause
200
Do you think this test will ________ your grade very much in this class?
affect
200
What are the three items in an essay that I want to see in language arts class?
Author, Title, Claim
200
What does it mean to jump on a bandwagon?
You do something because everyone else does too.
200
The teacher became extremely upset because the original copy of the story was somehow lost in the pile of papers.
oxymoron
200
What do you call the main idea of a piece of writing which the author chooses to address?
theme
300
What are two antonyms for the word relevant?
Irrelevant
Non-essential
300
A semicolon typically separates two of these in a sentence.
Independent clauses
300
What do the Greek words ethos, pathos, and logos mean in English?
Ethos - Ethics
Pathos - Emotion
Logos - Logic
300
I would like a brontosaurus,
I would name him Horace or Morris,
But if suddenly one day he had
A lot of little brontosauri,
I would change his name
To Laurie.
AABCDC
300
A story written with an omniscient narrator means…
The narrator knows and sees all.
400
If you are tired, you need to lie / lay down and altar / alter your mood?
If you are tired, you need to lie down and alter your mood?
400
What does it mean to embed your transitions into a paragraph?
Hide your transitions in your topic sentences so that they do not always begin a sentence.
400
What is a counterargument? Be specific.
A counterargument is where you provide an argument against your own paper, but then you refute it. It needs to be a common, logical argument.
400
Tim is as American as apple pie. (three terms)
Alliteration
Simile
Symbol
400
What does the word oxymoron translate to in English?
Sharp Dull
500
What are two synonyms for the word arduous?
Difficult
Hard
500
Fix the following:
China has many different wedding traditions brides often adorn there sleeves with the color red typically a deep crimson.
China has many different wedding traditions; brides often adorn their sleeves with the color red; typically a deep crimson.
500
Martin Luther King Jr. began his famous speech with the words, "Five score years ago..." This is a nice use of ethos, but also _______. Spell the answer.
Allusion - a reference to someone or something famous.
500
Immigrants would see Lady Liberty on the horizon as they approached New York and Ellis Island. (three terms)
Symbol
Personification
Alliteration
500
His ___________ skill at playing football was why we put up with his ___________ attitude.
A. worthy ... positive
B. lacking ... conceited
C. considerable ... malicious
D. docile ... contemptuous
C - Considerable means great and malicious means mean.