Spelling
Famous Novels
Vocabulary
Literature
Grammar
100

Received or Recieved?

Received

100

Jack London wrote White Fang and what other classic novel about sled dogs?

Call of the Wild

100

Does banal mean common or strange?

common

100

What type of literature is "The Raven"?

a poem by Edgar Allen Poe

100
In what situations do you use apostrophes?

contractions and to show possession

200

Potatoes or Potatos?

Potatoes

200

Novelist who wrote It, Christine, Pet Cemetery, Carrie, plus many more.

Stephen King

200

Does caustic mean corrosive or evil?

corrosive

200

A record of an author's life written by the author

autobiography

200

When do you use a comma before the word but?

When there is a complete sentence before it and after it.

Example:  I like to go to movies, but sometimes the seats are uncomfortable.

300

Misspelled or Mispelled?

Misspelled

300

This novel is about a group of schoolboys stranded on a desert island.

Lord of the Flies

300

Does affable mean pleasant or always late?

pleasant, friendly, likable

300

This Gothic author wrote the short stories "The Black Cat," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Tell-Tale Heart."

Edgar Allen Poe

300
Which is correct?

I want a two week vacation!

I want a two-week vacation!

two-week

400

Seperate or Separate?

Separate

400

This novel's movie starred Leonardo DiCaprio as the wealthy main character with the first name Jay.

The Great Gatsby

400
Does bilk mean to win or to cheat?

cheat

400

What type of literature is Romeo and Juliet?

a play (by William Shakespeare)

400

What type of sentence is this?

Interrogative

500

Abcense or Absence?

Absence

500

This novel is about best friends Tom and Huck and adventures on the Mississippi River.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

500

Does deleterious mean helpful or harmful?

harmful

500

Name a Greek mythological character

Zeus, Athena, Hercules, Poseidon, Achilles, Hermes, Odysseus, Aphrodite, Medusa, Pandora

500

What punctuation mark is needed here?

We bought a new tire for the Jeep___ it cost more than the other tires.

semi-colon ;