Parts of Speech
What is the noun in the sentence?
When I went to the park, it was cold.
Park
Have you seen my cat.
No question mark
What is the name of Stanley's friend in Holes?
Zero
Which word is spelled correctly:
1 magazine
2. magasine
3. maggazine
1 magazine
This is when you compare using "like" or "as"
Simile
What is the verb in this sentence:
When I went to the park, it was cold.
Went
Its getting closer and closer to break.
It's getting closer and closer to break.
What is the name of the setting of Holes?
Which word is spelled correctly:
1 miriad
2. myriad
2 myriad
A fireman burning down his house - this is an example of what?
Irony
What is the adjective in this sentence?
When I went to the park, it was cold.
Cold
I went to the library to check out the book The Talented Mr. Ripley.
I went to the library to check out the book The Talented Mr. Ripley.
What are the two gang groups of The Outsiders.
Socs and Greasers
Which word is spelled correctly:
1 exagerate
2. exaggerate
3. exageratte
2. exaggerate
These are used between sentences and paragraphs to make the flow sound better.
Transition words
What is the article in this sentence:
When I went to the park, it was cold.
the
Lately there has been a lot of rain I read.
Missing comma
Lately, there has been a lot of rain, I read.
What is the name of the character who dies after the Church fire in The Outsiders?
Johnny
Which word is spelled correctly:
1. vaccuum
2. vacum
3. vacuum
3. vacuum
This is when you give a non-living thing a human trait. Such as the sun was "dancing"
Personification
What is the adverb in this sentence:
Johnny use to be a good friend, but then he started stupidly missing class.
Stupidly
Two mistakes:
The cat licked it's paws which makes it much easier to take care of then a dog.
The cat licked its paws which makes it much easier to take care of than a dog.
Vinny
Which word is spelled correctly:
1. embarass
2. embarrass
3. embarras
2. embarrass
This means an extreme exaggeration:
" I have told you a million times!"
Hyperbole