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This character wrote poems on his baseball glove and died of leukemia.

Who is Allie? 

100

The voice of this sentence: 

Next semester, Jack Harlow is going to be in Mr. Doetch's first class.

What is active voice?

100

You only need a comma with a fanboys word when you have two of these.

What is a full clause or "sentence"?

100

You only need a comma with a SWABI word if it's in this part of the sentence.

What is the beginning? 

100
When writing dialogue, a "said" word is called a...
What is tag? 
200

This character tries to erase all of the "F*** you's" he sees on the wall.

Who is Holden Caulfield? 

200

The voice of this sentence: 

21 Savage talked to the opps for Mr. Doetch and told them to stop sending him mean emails.

What is active voice?

200

The FAN is fanboys stands for these three words.

What are for and, and nor?
200

SWA in SWABI stands for these three words.

What are "since, when" and "after"? 

200

This is what's wrong with this quote.

"Hello" said Mr. Doetch.

What is "no comma"? 

300

This character teaches history and tells Holden he will be concerned about his future when it's too late.

Who is Mr. Spencer? 

300

The voice of this sentence: Mr. Doetch's heart was melted into two by BTS's superstar glow.

What is passive voice? 

300

BOYS in FANBOYS stands for these four words.

What are "but, or, yet," and "so"?

300

BI in SWABI stands for these two words.

What are "because" and "if"? 

300

This is what's wrong with this dialogue quote.

"The band will start playing in ten minutes," They announced.

What is "no capitalization of they"? 

400

This isn't a real character. It's a name Holden makes up for himself at the bar. 

Who is Jim Steele? 

400

The voice of this sentence: 

Taylor wakes up screaming from dreaming that Mr. Doetch was leaving for winter break without grading her missing work.

What is active voice.

400

This is the type of punctuation you can use when using a THAMOs word.

What is a semicolon? 

400

This sentence should have...

Troy Doetch decided to buy a rosemary plant, since he uses the herb all the time in his cooking.

What is "no comma"? 

400

In writing dialogue, there is the "tag" and the quote. It's more standard to start with...

What is "the quote"? 

500

This person said:

“I have a feeling that you’re riding for some kind of terrible, terrible fall. . . . The whole arrangement’s designed for men who, at some time or other in their lives, were looking for something their own environment couldn’t supply them with. . . . So they gave up looking.”



Who is Mr. Antolini?

500

When you change a sentence from active voice to passive voice, you hide the original...

What is the subject? 

500

THAMOs stands for these five words.

What are "Therefore, however, also, meanwhile," and "otherwise"? 

500

There should be a comma after this word. 

Whenever President Snow's friends sleep over at our house they leave a big mess.

What is "house"? 

500

This is NOT a dialogue quote. What is it and why? 

After Pumbaa claimed that "nothing exciting ever happens" in his town, a circus appeared in the vacant lot.

What is a "flow quote"? (There is no comma and the quote is worked into the sentence)