Grammar
Narrative Elements
Figurative Language
Essay Skills
Winter Brainteasers
100

Saul loves hockey, he uses it to escape the trauma at the school.


Name the error

comma splice

100

Giving clues to hint at events to come is called________________

foreshadowing

100

"Our feet and hands are broad and flat and strong, like paws of a bear."

Name the device

simile

100

MLA stands for

Modern Language Association

100

You can catch me easily, especially during the holidays, but you can never throw me. What am I?

a cold

200

While preparing for my exam, I applied these study habits reading my notes, hightlighting key ideas, and getting a good sleep.

What punctuation is missing? Where

colon after habits

200

Who or what opposes the protagonist in a story?

Antagonist

200

"Everything was contained at the glance. All the hurt. All the pain. All the rage."

anaphora. 

repetition

200

The writer's viewpoint (the heart of the essay)

thesis

200

 What did the snowwoman do to the snowman when she was upset with him?

She gave him the cold shoulder.

300

This punctuation can join two related independent clauses.

semi-colon ;

300

What part of the plot is considered the turning point?

climax

300

"The shoes were thin leather with laces and smooth, slippery soles."


Name the device

alliteration

300

A parenthetical notation referencing the source of the evidence provided

citation

300

What do you get when you mix a vampire with a snowman?

 Frostbite

400

How many commas are needed in the sentence below?

Mr. Brown please put the tree by the window so the tinsel can sparkle in the light.

two

400

The term ued for the process of developing a character

characterization

400

 Visually descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

imagery

400

Language should be formal and tone should be ___________ 

impersonal

400

What has a lot of needles but can’t sew?

An evergreen tree

500
Name the coordinating conjunctions that FANBOYS stands for.

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

500

A character that goes through significant internal changes is called a ________________

dynamic character

500

When an inanimate object is given human qualities

personification

500

A long quotation should be set up as a ____________ quotation

block

500

I'm a treat that usually come in two different colours and you’ll be "hooked" on me.  What am I?

candy cane