Story Structure
Parts of Speech
Sentence Structure
Mistake Master
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100
The highest point of tension in a story
What is climax
100
Identify the noun(s) in the following phrase:
"My dad likes to read."
What is Dad?
100
What type of sentence structure is the following sentence:
"While I was shopping, my mom kept nagging me."
What is complex?
100
Identify the mistake in the following statement:
The third planet from the sun is earth.
What is Earth?
(The "E" in Earth needs to be capitalized because it is a proper noun).
100
This trail in the Craftsbury Woodlot was named after a prickly animal.
What is Porcupine Ridge?
200
This is the ending of your story.
What is resolution?
200
Identify the adjective(s) in the following statement:
"The sun feels very warm today."
What is warm?
200
What type of sentence structure is the following sentence:
"I love going to the movies."
What is simple?
200
Identify the mistake in the following statement:
Why is Joey juggling jars of jelly
What is ? ?
(The sentence began with "why" indicating that this phrase is a question. Questions must end in "?").
200
This stick sport originates in England but has been enjoyed for centuries all across the world- most notably in Eastern European and Asian countries.
what is field hockey?
300
Incidents of a plot that build towards the point of greatest interest.
What is rising action?
300
Identify the preposition(s) in the following statement:
"The policeman walked through the doorway and into the garden."
What is through and into?
300
What type of sentence structure is the following sentence:
"We went to the swimming pool and slid down the slides."
What is simple?
300
Identify the mistake in the following statement:
Stacys dog is very cute and playful!
What is Stacy's?
(Stacy is just one person so you need to add an apostrophe to make the phrase possessive rather than plural)
300
The Tortoise and the Hare is an example of this type of short story that teaches it's readers a lesson.
What is a fable?
400
This occurs after the climax and it, "ties up loose ends."
What is falling action?
400
Identify the verbs in the following statement:
"The teacher has corrected my poor grammar."
What is has corrected?
400
What type of sentence structure is the following sentence:
"The pirate captain lost her treasure map, but she still found the buried treasure."
What is compound?
400
Identify the mistake in the following statement:
These recipes is good for beginning chefs.
What is, "These recipes are good for beginning chefs."?
(The subject-verb did not agree in the first phrase. "Are" is correct when indicating multiples of something, "is" implies one thing).
400
This name comes from the Algonquin word which means, "eater of twigs."
What is moose?
500
A literary device that is meant to relay background information on a character, plot, element, or setting in a narrative.
What is exposition?
500
Identify the verb(s) in the following statement:
"People around the world can communicate with each other through the internet."
What is around, with, and through?
500
What type of sentence structure is the following sentence:
"The human brain never stops working until you stand up to speak in public."
What is complex?
500
Identify the mistake in the following statement:
There father was a tall, friendly man.
What is, "their father was a tall, friendly man."?
(The original phrase used the wrong type of "there")
500
This Vermont city was the location of the northernmost land battle in the Civil War.
What is St. Albans?