Advance Grammar
What type of clause is this: “Although she studied…”?
Dependent/Subordinate clause
What is the theme of a literary work?
The central message or insight/ overaching idea
“Her smile was sunshine” is an example of what?
Metaphor
What is the preposition in this title "The space between us".
between
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
Choose the correct word: “Neither the dog nor the cats ___ hungry.”
Are
What kind of characterization reveals traits through actions and dialogue?
Indirect characterization
What is the intended purpose of the rhetorical device "repetition"
To add emphasis
Identify the prepositional phrase: “She ran across the field.”
Across the field
What genre is Romeo & Juliet
Tragedy
Identify the sentence type: “She studied hard, and she passed the test.”
Compound Sentence
In the short story, "The Loser", the main character is able to find almost anything by instinct, but can never get back what he truly lost (his parents). This is called...
Irony
Define oxymoron and give an example.
Contradictory terms; e.g., jumbo shrimp
What part of speech is “that” in: “The book that I borrowed was great.”
Relative pronoun
What was the setting of "Hidden Figures"
Hampton, Virginia, specifically within the Langley Research Center (LRC) of NASA
Fix the error: “The teacher which gave us the test was absent.”
The teacher "who" gave us the test was absent.
Both Romeo and Juliet die due to a tragic...
"misunderstanding"
Identify the device: “We must fight, we must strive, we must win!”
Parallelism
A "Gerund" occurs when a verb is the subject of a sentence. This transforms the verb into a _____. EX. "Running is fun"
Noun
What is the central theme of The Odyssey?
Perseverance / The hero’s journey
What is the antecedant in this sentence: “The World Trade Center was a symbol of economic power, and the twin towers, its most iconic structures, stood as a testament to archetectual ambition until their tragic collapse in 2001 .”
The Twin Towers
First-person narratives may be regarded as less reliability, because they can tell a _____ story.
bias
Explain the effect of allusion in writing.
Creates deeper meaning through reference
Identify all the verbs: “Jokingly, she climbed up the ladder, impersonating the boy who fell backwards. .”
climbed, impersonating, fell
What was the first or last name of the female author of "The cruelest journey: 600 miles to Timbukto"