LITERATURE
Who wrote the classic novel Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austen
Which part of speech modifies or describes a noun or pronoun?
Adjective
What does the idiom "break a leg" mean?
Good luck (commonly used in theater before a performance)
What part of a sentence tells what the subject is or does?
Predicate
What punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list or to join clauses with a coordinating conjunction?
Comma (,)
What is the literary term for the main character or hero of a story?
Protagonist
In the phrase "she ran quickly," what part of speech is "quickly"?
Adverb
If an event happens "once in a blue moon," how often does it occur?
Very rarely
What is the term for two or more independent clauses joined improperly without appropriate punctuation or conjunctions?
Run-on sentence (or fused sentence)
Which punctuation mark shows possession or contraction?
Apostrophe (')
Which Shakespearean play features the famous quote, "To be, or not to be: that is the question"?
Hamlet
Identify the abstract noun in the following sentence: "Her courage inspired everyone in the room."
Courage
If someone advises you to "take it with a grain of salt," what are they telling you?
To view a statement with skepticism or not take it completely literally
What type of sentence is formed by combining two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction?
Compound sentence
Which punctuation mark is stronger than a comma but weaker than a period, often used to connect two closely related independent clauses?
Semicolon (;)
What figure of speech directly compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"?
Simile
What is the grammatical term for a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun?
Gerund
What is the meaning of the idiom "to steal someone's thunder"?
To take credit for someone else's ideas, work, or achievements, or to divert attention away from them
What error occurs when a modifier is placed too far from the word it is intended to describe (e.g., "Walking down the street, the trees were beautiful")?
Misplaced modifier (or dangling modifier)
What punctuation mark is used to enclose supplementary or explanatory information that is non-essential to the main sentence?
Parentheses ( ( ) )
What literary term describes an outcome or situation that is directly contrary to what was expected?
Situational irony
What type of adjective is formed from a proper noun and must always be capitalized (e.g., Shakespearean, Victorian)?
Proper adjective
What does the idiom "barking up the wrong tree" mean?
Pursuing a mistaken line of thought or accusing the wrong person
What is the structure of a sentence called when two or more elements have the same grammatical form (e.g., "She likes hiking, swimming, and biking")?
Parallel structure (or parallelism)
What is the set of three spaced dots (...) called that indicates an omission of words from a quoted text?
Ellipsis (or ellipsis points)