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Vocabulary
Literary Devices
Grammar Usage
Punctuation
Sentence Formation
100
Which one of these is misspelled: A. Stallion B. Oriental C. Accidentel D. Tournament
What is C - Accidentel
100
Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get. A. Personfication B. Metaphor C. Hyperbole D. Simile
What is D - Simile.
100
A person, place or thing. A. Noun B. Verb C. Adverb D. Adjective
What is A - Noun.
100
End punctuation for an exclamatory sentence. A. . B. ; C. ? D. !
What is D - !
100
Turning to the garden and noticing how the taller plants were swaying in teh strong gusts. This sentence is: A. Fragment B. Compound sentence C. Run-on D. Complex sentence
What is A - Fragment.
200
This means the same as to wreak destruction. A. Break B. Escape C. Add to D. Carry out
What is D - Carry out
200
A series of events in a piece of literature. A. Plot B. Setting C. Characters D. Tone/Mood
What is A - Plot.
200
Find the mistake in the following sentence: Our entire class wait on the sidewalk next to the bus stop early in the morning. A. Our entire class B. wait on the sidewalk C. next to the bus stop D. early in the morning.
What is B - wait on the sidewalk.
200
Find the quotation mark mistake in the following sentence: Hamlet said, To be or not to be; that is the question." A. Hamlet said, B. To be or not C. to be; D. that is the question."
What is B - To be or not.
200
A word showing position: A. noun B. verb C. conjunction D. preposition
What is D - preposition.
300
A prefix meaning "before" A. Pre B. Re C. Sub D. Un
What is A - Pre
300
The attitude of the author toward his topic; words like eerie, serious, etc.: A. Plot B. Tone C. Setting D. Foreshadow
What is B - Tone.
300
She has been running for hours. A. Past tense B. Future tense C. Past perfect progressive D. Present perfect progressive
What is D - Present perfect progressive.
300
What is the correct punctuation for the title of a short story? A. " " B. __________ C. Italics D. There is not punctuation for the title.
What is A - " "
300
Stepping forward with a knife behind his back, the clown preceeded cautiously. Stepping forward with a knife behind his back A. Gerund B. Participial C. Preposition D. Infinitive
What is B - participial.
400
A word used by a doctor: A. Subpoena B. Anethesia C. Whittle D. Carburetor
What is B - Anethesia
400
A narrator who knows everything about every character in a novel. A. 1st person B. 2nd person C. 3rd limited D. 3rd omniscient
What is D - 3rd omniscient.
400
The Green Gremlin gave Spiderman a foul punch in the chest. A. S-V-PN B. S-V-IO-DO C. S-V-PA D. S-V-DO-OC
What is B - S-V-IO-DO.
400
Find teh colon mistake in the following sentence: Carved into a peak, Mount Rushmore has the head of four U.S. presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt. A. Carved into a peak, Mount B. Rushmore has the heads of C. four U.S. presidents Washington, D. Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt.
What is C - four U.S. presidents Washington.
400
I am reading a book that I cannot put down. "That I cannot put down" is a what type of clause? A. Adjective clause B. Adverb clause C. Noun clause D. Verb clause
What is A - Adjective clause.
500
Rarity: A. Something underground B. Anything difficult C. Something uncommon D. Anything remembered
What is C - Something uncommon.
500
Her car was as big as a whale. A. Personification B. Foreshadow C. Hyperbole D. Setting
What is C - Hyperbole.
500
Looking at the pictures taken by my grandmother, i felt sad. A. Present participle B. Gerund C. Past participle D. Infinitive
What is C - Past participle.
500
Find the comma mistake in the following sentence: Between 1892 and 1924 more than 12,000,000 immigrants entered the U.S. through Ellis Island. A. Between 1892 B. and 1924 more than C. 12,000,000 immigrants entered D. the U.S. through Ellis Island.
What is B - and 1924 more than.
500
A compound-complex sentence has to contain which of the following: A. Indepedent clause only B. Depedent clause only C. Independent and dependent clauses D. 2 dependent clauses
What is C - Independent and dependent clauses.