Verbs
Sentences
Confused Pears
Literature
Vocabulary
100
Talk is to has talked as write is to _____
What is has written
100
to smack Peyton, to kiss Lexi, to bless Taylor.... are all examples of this part of speech.
What is infinitive. (To + a verb!)
100
Morgan, (who/whom/that) likes Justin Beiber, doesn't want anyone to know she loves his music more than air.
What is who
100
...and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms, longed for as the sunwarmed earth is longed for by a swimmer... from the Odyssey is an example of
What is simile
100
Define epithet
What is a phrase/title that was used to describe a person (i.e. Son of Laertes)
200
Please (sit, set) Seth's dress on the counter where Isaac's is (laying, lying).
What is set, lying
200
The following is an example of what? The girl with a tattoo obsession.
What is a sentence fragment
200
What (affect/effect) will Marisa's refusal to (except/accept) Peyton's marriage proposal have on the (principal/principle) (who's/whose) her long, lost cousin?
What is effect, accept, principal, who's
200
A long, narrative poem that relates important events in the history or folklore of the culture that produced it is called ____
What is an epic.
200
Tell a Shakespearean insult.
What is ...
300
If Hunter wants his grade to (raise, rise), he needs to have (less, fewer) zeroes.
What is rise, fewer
300
Determine what type of sentence the following is. After we finish, Sara will read a book, and she will give us a book report.
What is a compound-complex sentence.
300
Austin, I hope you (loose/lose) that baby tooth you still have during the (coarse/course) of your high school career, or no one will ever (complement/compliment) your smile. Ever.
What is lose, course, compliment
300
Tell three facts of a Shakespearean sonnet.
What is it has 14 lines, 10 syllables per line, ends in a couplet, uses iambic pentameter.
300
What is it called when two or more characters talk to one another?
What is a dialogue
400
Cassandra has ____ so many songs in class that my ears have _____ to ring! (Use sing & begin in their correct forms)
What is sung, begun
400
Tell the seven coordinating conjunctions you can use to join a compound sentence.
What are and, or, nor, for, so, but, & yet
400
Briana needs (council/counsel) in Nashville, our (capital/capitol) city, because no one here can help her with the (allusions/illusions) she's having of being a witch.
What is counsel, capital, illusions
400
Define monologue, soliloquy, and aside.
What is one character talking (long speech) to others, one character saying his/her thoughts aloud thinking they are alone, character talking to the audience.
400
Define epic simile.
What is an elaborate comparison that may extend for several lines and that may use the words like, as, just as, or so.
500
Complete the patterns. run, ran, will have ___. sing, ____ , will have ____. break, ____, will have _____.
What is run, sang, sung, broke, broken
500
List 5 subordinating conjunctions.
What are although, since, if, until, when, after, because... (Mrs. Vann will see if you have other than these correct!)
500
Tell a sentence that correctly uses both words BETWEEN and AMONG in it. Your topic must be about monkeys, pizza, and a Model T car.
What is your correct or incorrect answer, for me to decide!
500
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun.
What is a metaphor.
500
Time and place in which a work was set or was written.
What is historical and cultural context