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Grammar
Potpourri
Adjectives
Maus
Hodge Podge
100

starts a list

What is a colon?

100

In English what type of words are conjugated?

What are Verbs

100

These are the three articles in the English language.

What are The, a, an

100

Is the author of Maus, the non-fiction graphic Novel.

Who is Art Spiegelman

100

How many days of instruction are left in the school year, including this day?

What are 15

200

it joins together two closely related complete sentences.

What is a Semicolon ;

200

Correctly place the apostrophe(s) in the following sentence.


Austins mother drove to John Jay to drop of the homework assignments he forgot.

What is:


Austin's mother drove to John Jay to drop of the homework assignments he forgot.

200

The definition of adjectives

What are words that describe nouns or pronouns and include articles and numbers.

200

Vladek had two wives, their names are?

Who are Mala and Anja

200

These are the elements of a complete sentence.

What are a subject and a verb?

300

It is used in a series when commas are already present in the different entities of the series.

What is a semicolon ;

300

This is the definition of a noun.

What is a person, place, thing, idea, or emotion.

300

List only the articles in the following sentence:

There is a great big hairy spider on an imaginary cactus at the back of the room.

What are:

a, an, the, the

300

Vladek was living in this European country when the WWII broke out

What is Poland

300

This is how you always get candy in Ms. Gehret's class.

What is by correctly identifying and using a literary device.

400

Correctly place all the colons or semicolons in following sentence.


Class begins at 7 31am don't be late, or Ms. Gehret will not open the door until you get a pass from Attendance.

What is:

Class begins at 7:31am; don't be late, or Ms. Gehret will not open the door until you get a pass from Attendance.

400

What does the acronym FANBOYS stand for? Give the definition and list what the letters mean.

it is a list of conjunctions they are:

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

400

List the Adjectives in the sentence

"7.62 millimeter... full metal jacket."~ Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence

What are:

7.62, full, metal

400

The three Animal Metaphors in Maus are?

The mice are Jewish

The cats are Nazis

The pigs are Polish

400

Ms. Gehret forced us to listen to this band during the Song Exploder episode of Analyzing a Podcast unit.  It was the pace of a snail.

What is The Postal Service?

500

Correctly place all the colons or semicolons in following sentence.

Vladek loves Anja Vladek fails to show Artie his love and affection because he is emotionally stunted by the treatment he received in the war, he cannot cope with the suicide of his wife, and his son's palpable loathing of him.

What is:

Vladek loves Anja; Vladek fails to show Artie his love and affection because: he is emotionally stunted by the treatment he received in the war, he cannot cope with the suicide of his wife, and his son's palpable loathing of him.

500

Correctly place the commas in this sentence to show an appositive.


When traveling in Europe always make sure to have your passport on you; because crossing between countries is more difficult than crossing between states.

What is:

When traveling in Europe, always make sure to have your passport on you; because, crossing between countries is more difficult than crossing between states.

500

List ALL the adjectives in the following lines:


Wine maiden, of the jazz tuned night...

Who crushed the Grapes of Joy and dripped their juice on you. ~Langston Hughes

What are:


Wine, the, jazz, tuned, the, Joy

500

How did Vladek's son Richeu die and why?

What is he was poisoned by his aunt to avoid being taking to Auschwitz.

500

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate adjectives:

If nothing else this year, I have learned __________ MLA formatting.

If nothing else this year, I have learned the beautiful college readying MLA formatting