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English Prep 1
English Prep 2
Figurative Language
Fun Facts about Mrs. Schroeder
ACT Trivia
100

In the spring of 1999, a university student--also an avid hunter--stalked wild turkeys in the woods.

A. NO CHANGE

B. spring, of 1999, a university

C. spring of 1999 a university

D. spring of 1999; a university

A. NO CHANGE

100

Researchers, and authors, are notified of our calls for papers through our website, email list, and the flyers we mail. 

A. NO CHANGE

B. Researches, and authors

C. Researchers and authors

D. Researchers and authors,

C. Researches and authors

100

Comparing two things using "like" or "as" 

What is a simile?

100

Mr. S's favorite food

Chips and salsa

100
How many times can you take the ACT?

12

200

The only evidence of the species survival before its rediscovery at the end of the century was an unconfirmed recording of its distinctive call in 1967. 

A. NO CHANGE

B. species' survival

C. survival of the species

D. surviving species

B. species' survival

200
At the end of the 19th century, Maria Montessori became Italys' first modern woman physician. 

A. NO CHANGE

B. the Italian

C. Italys

D. Italy's

D. Italy's

200
Extreme Exaggeration 


What is hyperbole?

200

What sport did Mrs. S play in college?

Cheerleading

200

How many questions are on the English portion of the ACT?

What is 75?

300

They made a sound recording originally believed to be the distinctive double-tap sound of the elusive bird; but determined it later it was likely the echoes from a gunshot.

A. NO CHANGE

B. bird, but later determined

C. bird but determined later that

D. bird. Later determined, 

B. bird, but later determined

300
As a member of the University of Rome faculty, she was assigned to the city's insane asylums to experiment with the patients' capacity to learn: a task considered menial by medical professionals at the time. 

A. NO CHANGE

B. learn, a

C. learn a

D. learn

B. learn, a

300

How the audience feels about the text?

What is mood?

300

What is Mrs. S's middle name

What is Kay

300

Which is more popular, the ACT or the SAT?

The ACT

400

Working as an editor for my university's medical journal is very demanding, and my fellow editors and I spent long hours year-round maintaining the various parts of the publication.

A. NO CHANGE

B. demanding, my

C. demanding. My

D. demanding; my

B. demanding, my

400

In the children's house, Montessori realized how ready children learn from their environment.

A. NO CHANGE

B. children, readily

C. children ready

D. readily children

D. readily children

400

Comparison of two things, stating that one thing is the other, without using "like" or "as"

What is a metaphor?

400

What is Mrs. S's first car?

1963 Volkswagen Beetle

400

What's the average composite score on the ACT?

What is 21?

500

Working as an editor for my university's medical journal is very demanding, and my fellow editors and I spent long hours year-round maintaining the various parts of the publication.

A. NO CHANGE

B. I am spending

C. I, spending

D. I spend

D. I spend

500

Comparison of a child's development to universal standards and norms is discouraged. 

A. NO CHANGE

B. childs' development

C. developing child

D. child that is developing

A. NO CHANGE
500

Giving non- human things human characteristics

What is personification?

500

How many towns has Mrs. S lived in?

2

500

True or False: cheating on the ACT can result in criminal charges.

True, you are charged the test allowance and your scores are cancelled.