Sent/Frag/Run-On
The cat made a mess on the floor and felt bad about it.
SENTENCE
Punctuation mark required at VERY END of the following:
"You need to escape right now. The house is on fire ___"
EXCLAMATION POINT
What is the minimum number of paragraphs that will are required for a minimally organized ESSAY? (Includes the BASIC requirements)
3
Name the term for the pattern of end rhyme that appears in a lot of poetry
RHYME SCHEME
Main character in a story whose job is to solve the story's problem?
PROTAGONIST
Pick up the litter around your desk and put it into the trash can.
SENTENCE
What are the capitalization mistakes - if any? Say "NONE" if all words are capitalized correctly?
Does Aunt Mary live or Drury lane, or does she live on Drury boulevard?
LANE, BOULEVARD
How many BLANK LINES should be left between paragraphs of an essay when indentations are required?
NONE
What is the term for two words that rhyme together when they are both in the same line of poetry
INTERNAL RHYME
The term for exaggeration that is used for humorous purpose
HYPERBOLE
Sitting carefully on the edge of the bathroom counter.
FRAGMENT
Identify ANY and ALL punctuation errors in the following sentence.
After walking into the room Mr Scott likes to wish us all good luck on any tests that we have scheduled for the day
COMMA after ROOM; PERIOD at end of sentence
What is the name of the part of a SINGLE PARAGRAPH that identifies the paragraph's main idea?
TOPIC SENTENCE
What TYPE of poetry must always have a total of 17 syllables?
HAIKU
The main turning point in a story --- or --- the place in the story where the story's main character makes a FINAL ATTEMPT at solving the problem
CLIMAX
Angie went to the stadium, her seat was on the front row.
RUN-ON
What are the capitalization mistakes - if any? Say "NONE" if all words are capitalized correctly?
Should the book The Giver be read in literature classes next year?
NONE
What is the name of the part of an ESSAY that identifies the main idea of the essay to the reader?
THESIS STATEMENT
FREE VERSE is poetry that has no set LINE LENGTH, RHYME, or ____________
RHYTHM
When a story's main character struggles with himself/herself as to how best deal with the story's problem, it is known by this TWO WORD PHRASE/TERM
INTERNAL CONFLICT
Juan piled all of his dirty clothes into a big pile; he then washed and dried all of them at the laundromat.
SENTENCE
Identify ANY and ALL punctuation errors in the following sentence.
Did Dad say, "Do not go too near the edge"?
NONE
What are words/phrases called that bridge the gap from one idea to the next in writing?
TRANSITIONS
A funny 5 LINE poems style that originated in IRELAND
LIMERICK
What is Mr. Scott's favorite color?
BLUE