Tommy was a real "avid" baseball card collector. He inherited the desire to collect cards because his dad had a collection, too. Avid means: a) eager__b) careless__c) apart__d) fearful
What is a) eager?
100
List just 5 or the 7 common personal pronouns.
What are I, me, mine, we, our, ours, & us?
100
Name the literary device used here: The television screamed all night long.
What is personification?
100
Give the correct spelling: (heeoo) the degree to which a stimulus can be described as similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue, and yellow
What is H-U-E?
100
All but THIS word should be capitalized in this title: twenty thousand leagues under the sea
What is "the"?
200
It is the antonym for the word malevolent.
_____A) Nefarious_____B) Sullen______C) Wholesome_____D) Furitive
What is C) Wholesome?
200
This is the part of speech for the word "acknowledge."
What is a verb.
200
Name the literary device used here: Rice soaks up flavor like a sponge in water.
What is a simile?
200
Give the correct spelling: (nay buhr heud) the vicinity of a locale, the area nearby.
What is n-e-i-g-h-b-o-r-h-o-o-d?
200
This is the name of the first paragraph in an essay.
What is an introduction?
300
The boy was caught stealing from the store. His "larceny" caught up with him when the owner showed him a video tape.____Larceny means: a) gift__b) theft__c) lawless__d) honor
What is b) theft?
300
Find the conjunction: When two high-speed trains pass each other, they must slow down so that their windows don't break.
What is "When"?
300
Name the literary device used here: If I have told you once I have told you a million times to finish your work.
What is hyperbole?
300
Give the correct spelling: (man uh juhb l) able to be controlled.
What is m-a-n-a-g-e-a-b-l-e?
300
An important sentence in the introduction of an essay that tells the reader what the purpose of the essay is.
What is a thesis?
400
This word means to cause or feel terror. a) terrible__b) terrific__c) terrify__d) terrorism
What is terrify?
400
This is the noun form of the verb "transport."
What is "transportation"?
400
Name the literary device: The sun was a golden hammer on his bald head.
What is a metaphor?
400
Give the correct spelling: (ahd uh see) a lengthy series of adventures or explorations.
What is o-d-y-s-s-e-y?
400
Correct the confusing sentence: Mom whistled to her dog driving a dune buggy on Lost Creek Beach.
What is: While driving a dune buggy on Lost Creek beach Mom whistled to her dog.
500
He cut the paper "precisely" on the line, and it fit perfectly in the grooves of the picture frame.---Precisely means: a) exactly__b) embellish__c) outer__d) advance
What is exactly?
500
This is the verb counterpart to the noun "initiation."
What is "initiate"?
500
The literary device used here: The bubble blowing championship was a melodious chorus of smacking and cracking, rhythmically swaying with whooshes and hisses, and pleasantly punctuated by regular pops.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
This word does not belong in the following sequence: Waffle...Heiress...Pneumonia...Gnome...Knight...Kneel
What is waffle?
500
Commas should be added in the following sentence: After swimming we picked up shells ate lunch and napped on the beach.
What is: After swimming, we picked up shells, ate lunch, put on sunscreen, and napped on the beach.