Show:
Grammar
Literary
Misc.
John Cena
Beyonce
100
Is this a complete sentences? If it isn't add the information to make it a complete sentence. On the other side of the castle.
What is incomplete.
100
What is the definition of a simile? Give an example.
What is Comparing two things using like or as.
100
What is mood? Explain.
What is mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
100
What do transitions do in a paper?
What is They connect ideas between paragraphs and sentences.
100
What are personification and hyperbole? Give an example of each.
What is personification gives human characteristics to inhuman objects. Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement.
200
Label the parts of speech. The ballerina needs new shoes.
What is The is an article Ballerina is a common noun Needs is a verb New is an adjective Shoes is a common noun
200
What is alliteration? Give an example.
What is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Sally searched for sea shells at the sea shore.
200
What is tone?
What is attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject
200
What is a stringy sentence? Give an example.
What is it is a sentence that just rambles on and on. There are several independent clauses connected with coordinating conjunctions.
200
What is the difference between 1st person, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient point of view?
What is First uses I and me, and it is from one perspective. 3rd person limited uses he or she, and it follows one character. 3rd person omniscient can follow every character and know what they are thinking and feeling.
300
Sentence Purpose: Don't touch that! Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, Exclamatory
What is Imperative.
300
What is onomatopoeia? Give an example.
What is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., sizzle ).
300
What is an example of dramatic irony?
The reader knows something that the characters do not.
300
What is the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing.
What is Paraphrasing is when you restate the passage in your own words. Summarizing is condensing all the important points of a piece into a shorter text
300
What is an oxymoron? Give an example.
What is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction Great Depression Jumbo shrimp Cruel to be kind Pain for pleasure Clearly confused
400
Label the parts of speech: Mrs. Cotter, my English teacher, enjoys reading, writing, and hiking.
What is Mrs. Cotter is a proper noun, my is a pronoun, English is a proper noun, teacher is a common noun, enjoys is a verb, reading, writing, and hiking are gerunds.
400
What is the difference between connotation and denotation. Give examples.
What is Connotation is the implied meaning of the word Denotation is the dictionary definition.
400
What is an epic? 1. An epic is a long, often book-length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person, or group of persons 2. An epic is a short, paraphrased narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person, or group of persons.
What is An epic is a long, often book-length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person, or group of persons
400
What is the writing process? What comes first, next, next, and last.
What is brain storming, write, revise, publish
400
What is an archetype?
What is Basic Pattern that all myths follow
500
Make these words Possessive. Children Boy Mice Girls
What is Children's Mice's Boy's Girls'
500
What is foreshadowing and flashback? Give examples.
What is Foreshadowing: be a warning or indication of (a future event). Flashback: a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
500
Which sentence has a misplaced modifier? 1. The car dealership sold the Cadillac to the buyer with leather seats. 2. The house on the corner is blue. 3. We slowly ate the lunch that we had brought.
What is the first one.
500
Parenthetical Citation: Which is correct: "Words, words, words". (p. 14) "Words, words, words" (Fairchild). "Words, words, words." (Fairchild, nbc.com)
What is The second one.
500
Active and Passive voice. What is the difference? Which one is in active voice? Harry ate six shrimp at dinner. At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry.
What is The first one is active voice. Active voice describes a sentence where the subject performs the action stated by the verb. In passive voice sentences, the subject is acted upon by the verb.