Where Can I Find...
Names - pg 1173
Guide Words
Definitions, Parts of Speech
Language Arts
100

The table of contents? (which page?)

3rd page of the dictionary

100

Biographical: Which page is the name "Schopenhauer" on?

Page 1189

100

If you look up the word 'enchantress', what guide words are at the top?

enchantress - endive

100

Give the part of speech and definition for the word 'pip'

(definition 4 in the blue dictionary)

noun (n) - a small fruit seed

100

True or False: The "Handbook of Style" gives you grammar rules AS WELL AS example sentences

True

200

The abbreviations list? (pg#)

EITHER: page 21a AND 1165 

200

Biographical: How many pages can you find "H" names on?

3 pages (1180, 1181, 1182)

200

What guide words are at the top of page 291?

drift-drizzle

200

Give the part of speech for "intermittent"

adjective (adj)

200

The "Handbook of Style" has this as its first section

Punctuation (page 1243)

300

The Handbook of Style?

Page 1243

300

Geographical: What is the LAST entry in the Geographical Names section and where is the city located?

Zwickau - city in Germany

300

What guide words are at the top of page 682? 

outrage - over

300

How many definitions does the word "hawk" have?

3 (red)

4 (blue)

300

True or false: There are 15 comma rules in the "Handbook of Style"

False: there are 16

400

Abbreviations and symbols for chemical elements? What is the first symbol and what does it stand for?

Page 1165

a - absent, acre, answer, are, area, atto-

400

Biographical: How many "Olaf"s are in this section?

3 (page 1186)

400

Find page 563. What guide words are at the top?

What is the first word on the next page?

loop - lorry

lose

400

What are the parts of speech for the word "daub"?

verb (v), noun (n)

400

What is the first rule for semicolons?

Separates related independent clauses joined without a coordinating conjunction

500

The word "semaphore"?

page 885

500

Geographical: "Guernsey" is an island in the ____ Channel

English (page 1209)

500

What is the very first guide word that starts with 'S'? What page is it on?

sables, page 853

500

What is a "micrometer"?

An instrument used with a telescope or microscope used for measuring very small distances
500

What is the 6th comma rule?

Separate two or more adjectives that modify a noun