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Writing
Lit Terms
Lit Terms
Vocab
100
"The tennis player hit the ball so badly!" The word BADLY is an a. adjective b. adverb c. verb
What is b. adverb
100
Please ____ the pizza on the table. a. sit b. set
What is b. set
100
The mood of the "The Tell-Tale Heart" could be described as a. light-hearted b. spooky c. unreliable
What is b. spooky
100
What kind of speaker would be asked back to give another speech to an organization? a. an incomprehensible one b. a disheveled one c. an eloquent one
What is c. eloquent one
200
"The tennis player hit the ball so badly!" The word TENNIS is a(n) a. noun b. adjective c. adverb
What is b. adjective
200
The sun will always ______! a. rise b. raise
What is a. rise
200
The building of suspense in a work is done mostly during the a. exposition b. rising action c. climax
What is b. rising action
200
Which of the following examples is NOT a way that a reader knows that "Drumbeats and Bullets" is historically accurate? A. Jim Murphey used the internet to research Civil War drummer boys B. Jim Murphey used actual photographs of drummer boys C. Jim Murphey quoted letters written by drummer boys
What is C.
200
A PRESUMPTUOUS person might also be described as being a. humble b. quiet c. arrogant
What is c. arrogant
300
"Because I can't wait to go to the mall!" This is a a. fragment b. run-on c. complete sentence that is punctuated correctly.
What is a. fragment
300
A poem should be a. quoted b. underlined or italicized c. neither quoted, underlined or italicized
What is a. quoted
300
People in the audience knew that Anne and her family would not survive, but the characters themselves did not know this. What kind of irony is this? a. dramatic b. situational irony c. verbal irony
What is a. dramatic irony
300
Which of the following is a theme of "The Monkey's Paw"? A. Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it B. People have no control over fate C. Both of these are themes
What is c. both
300
Which of the following is an antonym for UNABASHED? a. bold b. presumptuous c. embarrassed
What is c. embarrassed
400
The librarian had ______ me a new book. a. give b. gave c. given
What is c. given
400
A book title should be a. quoted b. underlined or italicized c. neither quoted, underlined or italicized
What is b. underlined or italicized
400
"The Tell-Tale Heart" has what kind of narrator? a. reliable b/ unreliable c. 2nd person omniscent
What is b. unreliable
400
Which of the following uses DIRECT characterization to tell about a character's personality? a. "She carried a gun with her on these trips." b. "Miep, a delicate, intelligent, still young-looking woman, said..." c. "He pointed his hand and the Driver's whip snarled around Sarah's legs."
What is b.
400
What is antonym for CONSPICUOUS? a. visible b. obvious c. hidden
What is c. hidden
500
The toddler had _____ in the pool last summer. a. swim b. swam c. swum
What is c. swum
500
Elise said "I can't believe how far I got on this!" a. This dialogue is punctuated correctly b. This dialogue is NOT punctuated correctly
What is . This dialogue is NOT punctuated correctly
500
Dr. Martin Luther Kind Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech" would be considered what type of source? A. primary b. secondary
What is a. primary
500
When Mrs. Van Daan scolded Anne for spilling milk on her coat, it shows an example of what type of conflict? A. man vs. self B. man vs. man C. man vs. nature
What is b. man vs. man
500
Which of the following places could most likely be described as OSTENTATIOUS? a. a gold-filled castle b. a shack in the woods c. a loud hallway
What is a. a gold-filled hallway