You are reading a story that is set on October 7, 1882, at 3:24 pm. This is the:
a. cultural setting
b. temporal setting
c. physical setting
What is b. temporal setting?
100
The traffic on 101 at rush hour is typically _______________.
What is sluggish?
100
A complete sentence must have a subject, a ___________, and a ________________.
What is a VERB and a COMPLETE THOUGHT?
100
A sentence near the beginning of an essay which contains the author's assertion and reasons.
What is a thesis?
100
In "Hills Like White Elephants," the hills are a __________ for the girl's growing fetus.
What is symbol?
200
The American in "To Build a Fire" has an excessive amount of _________________, which ultimately gets him killed.
What is HUBRIS?
200
Some teachers are too ________________. They allow their students to eat in class, listen to music, and even take their shoes off.
What is indulgent?
200
"The girl jumped into the pool, swam 20 laps, and then turned into a giant, green frog, with seven blue, hairy warts."
The SUBJECT of this sentence =
What is the girl?
200
To express a narrative using different words to clarify the meaning.
What is paraphrasing?
200
A 3rd person narrator who knows everything about the characters.
What is an omniscient narrator?
300
“I yawned, trying to keep my eyes open in the meeting. I reached for my coffee cup and was disappointed to realize it was empty.”
This is a type of direct or indirect characterization.
What is indirect characterization?
300
Last weekend I saw a very _______________, independent film from Russia, about a woman who had a tail.
What is obscure?
300
"Whenever I eat breakfast." is an example of:
a. a fragment
b. a run-on sentence
c. a complete sentence
What is a fragment?
300
Another word for a "quote," or an excerpt from a source.
What is evidence?
300
The literary term for a vegetarian at a pig roast who says, "I'm definitely gonna pig out today!"
What is verbal irony?
400
In this point of view, the narrator is unreliable.
What is the first person narrative?
400
When I was in Mexico, I had to _______________ over everything I bought. Even the price of an apple was up for debate.
What is haggle?
400
This part of speech is a word that replaces a noun.
What is a pronoun?
400
A good conclusion should _________ the thesis in different words.
What is restate?
400
"I love to cook many different things, once I made my own cheese."
a. fragment
b. run-on/comma splice
c. appositive
What is b. run-on/comma splice?
500
The literary term to describe a situation where the audience knows more than the characters.
What is dramatic irony?
500
Many people believe the Bible is an _______________ story, much like the stories in Greek Mythology.
What is apocryphal?
500
This part of speech is a word that describes the relationship between things.
What is a preposition?
500
It is important to have a smooth ___________ from one point or idea to the next.
What is transition?
500
The plot element which presents a story's problem. The event or decision following the backstory/exposition.