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100
The number of tasks on the NYS English Regents.
What is three?
100

Author of To Kill a Mockingbird

What is Harper Lee?

100
'She's as sneaky as a fox' is an example of this type of comparison.
What is a simile?
100
The two important components to writing a text analysis.
What is a central idea and literary device?
100

The means by which an author describes the appearance and personality of a person in a story or play.

What is characterization.

200
The three tasks that are on the NYS English Regents.
What is multiple choice, essay of argument and text analysis?
200

Wrote House on Mango Street.

What is Sandra Cisneros?

200
Without this part of the plot, the characters would all get along all the time--and the story would be pretty boring.
What is conflict?
200

The protagonist in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (little girl).

Who is Scout?

200

A comparison that does NOT use “like” or “as.”

What is metaphor?

300
Highest writing score on the essay of argument.
What is a 6?
300
Famous for the speech "I Have a Dream".

Who is Martin Luther King Jr?

300
When an author describes a powerful image like a flag, religious item, or object of personal significance to a character that stands for a much larger idea, he or she is using this literary element.
What is symbolism?
300

The protagonist in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (father).

Who is Atticus?

300

The point of view of a piece of writing in which the narrator refers to himself as “I.”

What is first person POV.

400
The part of the NYS English Regents that counts the most.
What is the essay of argument?
400

Author of "Raven".

What is Edgar Allan Poe?

400
The important reason an author has for creating a particular work.
What is author's purpose?
400

Main character in House on Mango Street.

What is Esperanza?

400

A phrase made up of two seemingly opposite words.

What is an oxymoron?

500
The number of multiple choice questions on the NYS English Regents.
What is 24?
500

Author of Persepolis.

What is Marjane Satrapi?

500
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, biblical, cultural, literary or political significance.
What is an allusion?
500

The name of the town in which TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD takes place?

What is Maycomb, Alabama?

500

The use of words that sound like what the mean.

What is onomatopoeia?