Grammar
Choose the word that should be in italics:
Even though there are only two 0's in my paycheck, I still manage to buy groceries every week.
0's
You should give me a dollar because you should.
Circular reasoning
Choose the correct lit. term for the following definition:
A logical guess based on facts.
Theme, Foreshadowing, Suspense, Inference
Inference
Only idiots like Ohio State. Unless you want to be an idiot, don't support Ohio State.
All of the students (accept/except) those who didn't do their persuasive papers are passing the class.
except
Correctly punctuate the following sentence:
Mr. Hurley asked, why does Mr. Walsh keep shouting Tiny Tim every time I walk by?
Mr. Hurley asked, "Why does Mr. Walsh keep shouting 'Tiny Tim!' every time I walk by?"
Dr. McFakename, a leading cardiologist, argues that people should eat less fast food because it leads to heart problems.
authoritative opinion
Choose the correct lit. term based on the following definition:
The quality of a story that keeps you reading
to find out what will happen.
Theme, Foreshadowing, Suspense, Inference
Suspense
Rick and Morty should be renewed for another season because it had a 98% approval rating among viewers.
Facts
Please (accept/except) my party invitation; (accept/except) you. You suck.
1. accept
2. except
Choose which goes in quotation marks and which goes in italics:
My favorite short story, Crouch End, appears in the collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
"Crouch End"
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
You shouldn't eat at the McDonalds on Beech Daley and Plymouth road because the breakfast sandwiches aren't usually very fresh.
Observation
Choose the correct lit. term based on the following definition:
The central message or insight into life
revealed through the literary work; the moral
of the story.
Theme, Foreshadowing, Suspense, Inference
Theme
I deserve to get paid more, so you should pay me more.
Circular reasoning
My old car served me (good/well) for over 16 years.
Well
Make sure to (lie/lay) your books down before you (lie/lay) down on the couch and sleep.
2. lie
There was this one time that I ate a burger at Wintergarden Tavern in Livonia and got really sick, so you probably shouldn't eat there.
Anecdote
Choose the correct lit. term based on the following definition:
Using clues that suggest events that have yet
to occur; helps to create suspense.
Theme, Foreshadowing, Suspense, Inference
Foreshadowing
People who drive Honda vehicles typically tend to be bad drivers, so driving a Honda results in bad driving.
Cause and effect fallacy
My house (lays/lies) 10 miles northwest of here.
lies
The idea that there are too many (allusions/illusions) in the story is just an (allusion/illusion)
1. allusions
2. illusion
People who drink Speedway coffee usually show up to work on time, so drinking Speedway coffee makes you early for work.
Cause and effect fallacy
Choose the correct lit. term based on the following definition:
Anything that stands for or represents
something else.
Theme, Foreshadowing, Symbol, Antagonist
Symbol
There are students in this class who cheat on their tests, so none of the students in class can be trusted.
Overgeneralization
The papers on my desk at home have (laid/lain) there for over three years. I can't remember what all I (lay/laid) there originally, but I know they have been (laying/lying) there unnoticed for a long time and will continue to (lay/lie) there until I (lay/lie) more papers on top of them.
1. lain
2. laid
3. lying
4. lie
5. lay