Vocab.
Which is not spelled correctly?
A. vagrant
B. preposterous
C. impoverished
D. superflous
D. superflous -> superfluous
What two 'bones' follow a linking verb?
Predicate noun (a, an, the)
Predicate adjective
Independent or dependent clause?
"When the graduation party with the giant balloons and fancy sparklers started."
DC
What genre is Fahrenheit 451? (two words for full credit)
futuristic dystopia
What is the historical setting of the story?
What is the setting of the book's being written?
Historical setting: 1940s, during the Great Depression
Book setting: 1960s, during the Civil Rights Movement
Which is the correct spelling?
A. heterogenous
B. heteroginous
C. heterogeneous
D. heterogineous
C. heterogeneous
What word is the DO?
I grabbed my homework before the spilled milk arrived.
homework
Is this sentence S, CD, or CX?
We waited for her arrival until father called us back home.
Complex sentence.
What are two differences between Clarisse McClellan and Mildred Montag?
Clarisse: younger, curious, full of life, content with silence
Mildred: older, bored with life, seeking constant stimulation
Why did Tom Robinson die? Give two answers.
- He was shot
- He tried to escape from prison
- He lost hope
- He was betrayed by the prejudiced jury at his trial
I ___ sickness so I can stay home from school and ... study for exams.
A. meander
B. dwindle
C. escalate
D. feign
D. feign
What word is the subject?
Take out the trash, please.
(You)
What are the ways to fix a run-on sentence?
1. Semicolon
2. Comma + FANBOYS (coordinating conjunction)
3. Fuse the sentences together.
What is one example of good technology and one example of bad technology in F451?
Here's hoping you get credit!
What do Boo Radley and Tom Robinson have in common?
They are both innocent. Both treated unfairly. Both can be described as the Mockingbird of the story.
The coach's angry ___ could be heard from down the hallway at halftime.
A. cubicle
B. advent
C. tirade
D. realm
C. tirade
What word is the subject?
Two of my cousins are artists.
two
What type of sentence uses one IC and one DC?
complex
True / False: I am not plagiarizing if I replace some words in the original source quote.
False; this is still plagiarism. It must be all your original words.
"I loved football but broke my arm. I was first excited about the trial, then frustrated with the trial. Who am I?"
Jem Finch
You may feel this if you are committed to your school responsibilities until the bitter end, even if there was a zombie apocalypse.
A. tenacious
B. pensive
C. sparse
D. repugnant
A. tenacious
What bone is "legends"?
When the explorers reached their destination, they immediately became legends.
PN (They --> became --> LEGENDS), they = legends
True / False: This sentence is punctuated correctly:
"Welcome aboard the Royal Caribbean!" announced the ship's captain.
True
A. flat and static
B. flat and dynamic
C. round and static
D. round and dynamic
D. round and dynamic
Give one example of Scout's learning to live a day in someone else's skin.
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