The New Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, was not as good as I hoped it would be. In this sentence, "The Force Awakens" is a(n) ___________.
What is an appositive?
100
The first paragraph or two of an essay, which tells us the main idea
What is the introduction?
100
Paraphrase the following sentence by changing the part of speech of the word in * asterisks* to verbs:
Don't *start an argument* with me; I'm only trying to *be helpful.*
Don't *argue* with me; I'm only try to *help.*
100
It's hard to tell just what a goose
Will have in common with a moose.
What is rhyme?
200
An important abstract idea in a story
What is the theme?
200
These are the seven coordinating conjunctions that help us combine sentences together.
What are for, and, nor, buy, yet, and so?
200
The sentence that expresses the main idea of a whole essay is called a(n) _____________.
What is a thesis statement?
200
Use synonyms to replace the words between *asterisks*:
Mark won the *contest,* while Mary *did not win.*
Mark won the *competition,* while Mary *lost.*
200
Life is like a box of chocolate: you never know what you're going to get.
What is a simile?
300
Name five characters from The Giver.
Who are Jonas, the Giver, the Chief Elder, Lily, and Fiona?
What are free-writing, mind-mapping, list-making, and outlining?
300
What "FACT" stands for
What is focus, analyze, conclude, and tighten?
300
The pattern of strong and weak syllables that gives a poem a musical quality.
What is rhythm?
400
This can be internal or external, including Man vs. Man, Man vs. Society, and Man vs. Nature
What is the conflict?
400
The boy who smiled at me was speaking a language I couldn't understand. In this sentence, "who smiled at me" is a(n) ______________.
What is a relative clause?
400
The five steps of the writing process
What is brainstorming, outlining, writing, editing/proofreading/revision, and re-writing
400
These are the two kinds of sounds in a language
What are consonants and vowels?
400
Betty bought a bit of butter,
but the bit of butter Betty bought was bitter,
so Betty bought a better bit of butter,
which was better than the bit of butter Betty bought before.
What is alliteration?
500
The part of the plot after the rising action and before the resolution, when the story is the most intense or exciting.
What is the climax?
500
What is the difference between these two sentences:
1) My son Leroy is a doctor?
2) My son, Leroy, is a doctor.
In sentence one, the appositive gives necessary information (I have more than one son). In sentence two, the appositive gives extra information (I have only one son).
500
A kind of visual map, made of two circles, used for planning compare-contrast essays/paragraphs
What is a Venn diagram?
500
The poetic device in the following sentence:
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.