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Subject/verb
Commonly Confused
Fig. Lang
Hodge Podge
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100
I know I have ______you somewhere before. see saw seen
What is seen
100
COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS: BRING AND TAKE _______ your test over here, and I will _______ it to the teacher.
What is bring/take
100
Which sound device uses repetition of similiar consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
What is ALLITERATION
100
The last torture of the narrator.
What is hot walls
100
True or False Chinua Achebe wrote Things Fall Apart to exhalt the white man's influence.
What is false. 3 reasons he wrote novel 1. to respond to OTHERS who wrote novels telling how "savage" the African were (he did not think they were!) 2. To show how colonial invaders destroyed the culture 3. to show they WERE CIVILIZED
200
The famous author had _____ten best selling novels. write wrote had written
What is written
200
COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS: ACCEPT AND EXCEPT Everyone was _______ into the summer program _______ me
What is ACCEPTED/EXCEPT
200
Ding Dong the bells are chiming is an example of what sound device?
What is onomatopoeia or What is alliteration
200
Poe often describes the narrator swooning. Swooning means....
What is fainting
200
Which word best describes Mrs. Strangeworth? 1. recluse 2. meddler 3. tourist 4. pan handler
What is meddler
300
All last night when I was sick, I ____on the couch. lie lied laid lay lain
What is lay
300
COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS: ALL READY AND ALREADY I had _______ seen Eminem in concert, even though my sister was ________ to go to the concert.
What is ALREADY / ALL READY
300
I was as hungry as a horse.
What is hyperbole
300
Okonkwo's thoughts of his father’s weakness and failure made him think of.....
What is his own strength and success
300
Which word best describes Mrs. Strangeworth's letters? 1. anonymous 2. colorful 3. helpful 4. tactful
What is anonymous
400
I would have been on time had I _____ what time the party actually started. knew know known
What is known
400
COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS: LOSE AND LOOSE You are going to ______ your pants because they are so _______ on you.
What is LOOSE / LOSE
400
The moon smiled down upon me.
What is personification
400
The famous first lines of "The Pit and the Pendulum"
What is “ I was sick-sick unto death with that long agony...”
400
Why does Mrs. Strangeworth mail her letters after the Post Office has closed?
What is she didn't want people to know she was the one sending the nasty letters.
500
I _______my book on my night stand.
What is laid
500
COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS: LIE AND LAY I _______ the books on the floor; the I lay down for a nap. **Use past tense!!
What is LAID / LAY
500
She has a heart of stone.
What is metaphor
500
True or False The villagers had to pay taxes to the white men during Okonkwo's seven years in exile
What is false
500
If you had been the one to destroy Mrs. Strangeworth's roses after finding out she was the one sending you mean letters, you might tell yourself "An eye for an eye" What does this saying mean?
What is answers will vary ---a person deserves what they get