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100

The noun the pronoun is replacing is called the what?

What is antecedent?

100
Identify the type of figurative language: "When we heard that there was an earthquake in California, we offered the citizens a hand immediately."
What is a metaphor?
100

The events of a story

What is plot?

100
Nonfiction texts can have one or more of these purposes.
What are to persuade, to inform, and to entertain?
100
Body paragraphs begin with this.

What is a topic sentence?

200

A writer uses these to replace information that has been omitted from a sentence.

What are ellipses? 

200

Identify the figurative language: "One bird can't make tango, but toucan."

What is pun?

200

Written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks.

What is dialogue?

200

The author's attitude toward the subject is called the...

What is tone?

200

Body paragraphs should include...

What are examples (context), evidence and explanations?

300

The three types of verbals are...

What are a gerund, participle and infinitive?

300

Identify the type of figurative language: "My to-do list is a mile long!"

What is an hyperbole?

300
The overall, worldly lesson that can be learned from the story; a repeated idea or lesson in a literary text that deals with the author's abstract questions, beliefs, or truths about people or life.
What is theme?
300
An argumentative text is based on this.
What is an opinion worth defending?
300

When citing evidence, be sure to include these things...

What is are quotation marks and page numbers?

400

To correct the misplaced modifier in this sentence,  "One morning I saw an elephant in my pajamas," the phrase "in my pajamas" should be next to what word?

What is "I"?

400

Identify the figurative language: "The audience knows Aladdin is a street rat, not a prince, while Jasmine things he is another suitor for her hand." (*hint: type of irony)

What is an dramatic irony?

400

The two main types of point of view are...

What are first person and third person? 

400

A reader of an informative text will miss important details unless these are read...

What are text features (graphics/figures, sidebars, captions, and bolded/italicized words/phrases)?

400
A TDA should have these three types of paragraphs

What are introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion?

500

This sentence has what verb shift error:
"The pitcher threw the ball, and it was caught by the catcher."

What is voice shift or active/passive voice?

500
Identify the figurative language: "The lifeguard warned the little boys at the beach not to go into the riptide, or they could end up in Davey Jones's locker!"
What is allusion?
500

Name the sections of a plot diagram. (There are 5)

What are: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
500

A reader can get to the heart of an informative text more quickly if he can soon identify one of these structure patterns.

What are cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological order, compare and contrast and descriptive? (At least 3 for points)

500

Your TDA thesis/topic sentence should do these things.

What are restate the prompt, answer the prompt, and provide examples/reasons?