Madison
When Percy and Megan started their school, what was the vegetable garden previously?
A tennis court
When someone says "everything is up in the air", this is an example of a/an...
A) Idiom
B) Metaphor
C) Hyperbole
D) Alliteration
Identify the correct possessive form of each phrase:
The imagination of a writer
A) A writers imagination
B) A writers' imagination
C) A writer's imagination
The mockingbird has been the official state bird of Florida and Texas since 1927.
What is the linking verb in the sentence?
has been
There are thirty people going on the trip.
What does the bolded adjective modify?
People
"Principal Sutherland knew that without _____ ____ the college could never meet the standard set in Mother White's instruction."
Sufficient land
"Go and gather the green leaves on the grass" is most closely an example of...
A) Imagery
B) Symbolism
C) Alliteration
D) Simile
A) Imagery or C) Alliteration
Kipling's other early stories were collected into a set of six paperback books.
Is the underlined noun a count or noncount?
Count
Can you tell me where to find these interesting creatures?
What is the complete verb in the sentence?
Can tell
The auroras are beautiful light displays.
Identify all adjectives.
The, beautiful, light
Who influenced the other more, Percy to Edward or Edward to Percy?
Percy to Edward
The phrase "cry me a river" would be an example of a...
A) Simile
B) Hyperbole
C) Personification
D) Onomatopoeia
B) Hyperbole
My grandfather himself was at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed.
Is the bolded word in the sentence reflexive or intensive?
Intensive
Mockingbirds live throughout North America and in parts of Canada and Mexico.
Is the complete verb's mood indicative or imperative?
Indicative
Astronomy is one of the ___ sciences. (old)
Identify the correct form of the modifier in parentheses.
Oldest
Who was being referred to as the prisoners of hope?
The young church and institutions
What is a metaphor?
Saying that one thing is something else.
During a battle in the War of 1812, the British captured Francis Scott Key and one of his colleagues; from the ship, Key saw the American flag still flying.
Is the pronoun reference in this sentence clear or unclear?
Math is a particular type of college major.
What is the predicate noun?
Type
Environmentalists only have a theory about the greenhouse effect.
How should the sentence be rewritten?
...have only...
"The study of the ____ is not to be ____. Books must be used for this purpose, but they should be in ____ with the ____ for that is the _____."
sciences, neglected, harmony, Bible, standard
The sun smiled at me like a mother to their child. Through nature, I saw that God is my Father.
What poetry tools are used in the sentences above?
Personification, Simile, and Metaphor
The one that gave the vial was (her, she).
Identify the correct pronoun from the choices in parentheses.
Her
Mathematicians are students of number, quantity, and space.
Identify the complete verb, then identify the predicate noun or predicate adjective.
Complete verb: Are
Predicate Noun: Students
What are the three levels of comparison?
Positive, comparative, and superlative