What type of agreement is shown below:
Darrius AGREES to move out at 24.
They AGREE that it would be best for him.
What is subject-verb agreement?
100
The believability or reliability of an author or a source of information is called _____________.
What is credibility?
100
In "A Child Called IT," this theme can be seen in the following quotation: "Once home, mother ordered me to strip off my clothes and stand by the kitchen stove. I shook from a combination of fear and embarrassment."
What is the theme of fear?
100
Which of the following is correct?
1. "Sharon, we've got to get going!" said Shanice. OR
2. "Sharon, we've got to get going,"! said Shanice.
1. "Sharon, we've got to get going!" said Shanice.
100
The name of the youngest child in the Pelzer family.
What is Kevin?
200
Which letter in the alphabet is ALWAYS capitalized, when it stands by itself?
What is "I"?
200
In this text structure, you are usually given a dilemma and then a proposal for how to fix it.
What is problem-solution?
200
In "A Child Called IT," this theme can be seen in the following quotation: "I wanted to scream, but I refused to give Mother the pleasure of hearing me cry."
What is the theme of the perseverance of the human spirit or the theme of courage?
200
Convert the following fragment into a complete sentence:
"After I went to the store." Be sure to use proper punctuation!
After I went to the store, _______________________.
200
What were the titles of Chapters 4 and 5 in the novel?
What is "The Fight for Food" (Chapter 4) and "The Accident" (Chapter 5)?
300
Names like the "White House" and "First Lady Michelle Obama" are capitalized because they are _____________.
What are proper nouns?
300
In this text structure, you can read/write about the resemblances and disparities in between two or more things.
What is compare and contrast?
300
In "A Child Called IT," this theme can be seen in the following quotation: "At school I was a total outcast. No other kid had anything to do with me" (58).
What is the theme of loneliness or human isolation?
300
What type of structure is being used in the sentence below: "We were taught how to cut wood, design furniture, and staple upholstery."
What is parallel structure?
300
At the beginning of the novel, the boy describes his t-shirt as one type of food?
What is Swiss cheese?
400
Identify the pronoun and the antecedent in the following statement: "As little girls, we used to run endlessly around the neighborhood."
Pronoun: we. Antecedent: girls.
400
In this text structure, you are asked to write about a specific event, location, or person in detail. Using vivid (clear) imagery is to your advantage.
What is descriptive or expository?
400
In "A Child Called IT," this theme can be seen in the following quotation: "Out of the corner of my eye I saw a blurred object fly from her hand. A sharp pain erupteed from just above my stomach" (87).
What is the theme of human suffering, betrayal, or fear?
400
What type of punctuation (and where) belongs in the following sentence. Hint: It's not a period.
"As the school's bully, it's was Bridgette's job to haze the new students as a new student, it was Shawna's unfortunate opportunity to be hazed."
What is a semicolon in between the words "students" and "as"?
400
In the novel, the "gas chamber" was a mixture of which two deadly chemicals?
What is ammonia and Clorox (bleach)?
500
Write a sentence that shows correct usage of a semicolon.
For example: Jared and Mitchell wanted to play baseball outside; however, the rain made their decision for them.
500
In this text structure, you are usually given the result or causation of a certain event or situation.
What is cause and effect?
500
In the happier times of "A Child Called IT," this theme can be seen in the following quotation: "Sometimes mom would cradle me to sleep listening to the crackle of the fire" (22).
What is the theme of unconditional love?
500
Write a line of dialogue from an angry boss to a lazy employee. Remember to use correct punctuation and quotation marks.
For example, The manager screamed, "Just wait until I get back to the office! I'm through with you!"
500
The name of Dave's homeroom teacher who helps remove him from his abusive home.