WHAT PIECE OF PUNCTUATION IS NEEDED IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE?
Michael who sits at the back of the room is the tallest in the class.
Commas:
Michael, who sits at the back of the room, is the tallest in the class.
100
What did Ernst's generation call World War One?
The Great War
100
The statement in your first paragraph that outlines what your essay will argue is known by what term?
Thesis
100
What does GPS stand for?
Go, point, show
100
This fruit bares all of its seeds on its outer layer. What is it?
Strawberry
200
WHAT PIECE OF PUNCTUATION IS MISSING FROM THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE?
I have a very good reason for being late today my bike had a flat tire.
A colon (I have a very good reason for being late today: my bike had a flat tire.)
200
What year did World War 2 end?
1945
200
If each body paragraph needs 3 specific details or examples to support it, how many specific details are in an entire essay?
Nine (3 supporting details x 3 body paragraphs)
200
What does the multiple choice strategy RED stand for?
Read, eliminate, decide
200
Name one of the two common insects that never sleep from the moment they are born.
The ant or the honey bee.
300
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE?
My mom gave me $20, I went to the movies.
Two separate sentences are being connected with a comma instead of separated with a period.
300
What is the name of the Hammer's housekeeper?
Elsa
300
What should be added to body paragraphs so that they don't just sound like lists of reasons to back up your opinion?
Specific examples, explanation or personal connections
300
When a short answer question asks you to provide specific details from the text to support your answer, what does this mean you need to do?
Provide specific examples of details from the text that help to back up/explain your response.
300
This is the only animal in the world that cannot jump.
Elephant
400
What piece of punctuation should be used to add extra information inside of a sentence that won't affect the overall meaning?
Parentheses (brackets)
400
When asked what happened to the Rothsteins, what is Reinhard's one-word reply?
Smoke
400
What tense should all news reports be written in?
Past tense (as if the action happened yesterday)
400
There are three different types of short answer questions on the literacy test: short answer based on your own ideas, short answer based on your ideas + details from a text and...
Summary questions (provide the main idea and a supporting detail)
400
This is the most popular chocolate bar in North America.
Snickers
500
Provide an example of a connecting word that requires use of a semicolon ;
however, therefore, thus, etc.
500
Members of the Hitler Youth who showed a lot of promise as soldiers were sent to training camps known by what two words?
Order Castles
500
Give an example of a word or phrase that the writer of a news report should NOT use?
Personal words like "you, us, our" (unless used in a quote), personal opinions about the news event
500
What is the term for two words that are joined together with an apostrophe such as can't, wouldn't, it's or could've?
Contractions
500
There are only 4 words in the English language that end in the letters 'd-o-u-s'. Name one of them.