Writers of this era were Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and Benjamin Franklin.
What is Rationalism / Age of Reason / Revolutionary Period?
100
On the Works Cited page, this is listed first for a book with one author?
The title underlined / the title in quotes / author (first last) / author (last, first) /
What is the author (last, first)?
100
This source has an alphabetical listing of various topics. An online example would be Wikipedia. In physical form, they are typically published in volumes.
What is an encyclopedia?
100
This is the function of the capitalized section of the sentence:
The church bells played familiar hymns while the teacher worked on the JEOPARDY GAME. (true story, they really are playing familiar hymns.)
What is the object of the preposition?
200
A phrase using contradictory terms, such as "wise fool" or "feather of lead"
What is an oxymoron?
200
This era boasts the talents of writers such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jean Toomer.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
200
A type of source that would be listed on a Works Cited page as follows:
Lemonick, Michael. "Are We Alone?" NG .
July 2014: 26-45. Print.
book / encyclopedia / magazine / reference book
What is a magazine?
200
This source gives current facts and statistics. They are generally published annually.
What are almanacs?
200
This is the function of the capitalized section:
The dryer melted the LIPSTICK, ruining all of the clothes.
What is a direct object?
300
A comparison that continues throughout a paragraph, stanza, or entire selection. An example would be
Hope is a thing with feathers-
That perches in the soul-
And sings the tune without the words-
And never stops-at all-
What is an extended metaphor?
300
Writers Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Frost belong to this era.
What is Modernism?
300
On a Works Cited page, this is usually provided first for each source.
What is the author's last name?
300
This source provides maps and information about weather, agricultural and industrial production, and other geographical topics.
What are atlases?
300
Each of the authors _____ for the same publisher.
write / writes / writing / have wrote
What is writes
400
This literature has a double meaning: a literal meaning and a figurative one.
What is allegory?
400
The American Civil War and its aftermath marked the beginning of this literary era.
What is Realism?
400
This parenthetical citation is found within the body of a research paper. What type of source is it?
During his time as a world leader, he mistakenly sabotaged relations with other countries and unwittingly orchestrated the beginning of WWIII (Bostain 349).
What is a book with one author?
400
A source that is believable and trustworthy is referred to as this
What is reliable or credible?
400
It's the grammatical error committed here:
She won the contest, she was awarded by the principal himself.
What is a run-on or comma splice?
500
A figure of speech in which the speaker addresses an inanimate object, idea or person who isn't really there. Examples would be Shakespeare's "O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth" and Keat's poem titled "Ode on a Grecian Urn". (Hint: it shares a name with a punctuation mark.)
What is apostrophe?
500
This era claims writers such as Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, and William Bradford.
What is Puritanism or Colonialism?
500
This is the way to document titles of poems, articles, chapter titles, and basically works that are not lengthy.
What is inside quotation marks?
500
This word describes sources that are not neutral; they express opinions and often time, one perspective. Though they are not necessarily untrustworthy, this should be considered when evaluating the source.
What is biased?
500
Each of new phones ____ with a two year warranty.
come / comes/ are coming /