This Document was written by Thomas Jefferson and started the Revolutionary War.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
100
The character who is a Southern gentleman, a planter and a civilian.
Who is Peyton Farquar?
100
Three tangible gifts that Maya receives from Mrs. Flowers.
What are cookies, lemonade and a book?
100
Fill in the blanks with your or you're:
Ask ________ mother what _____________ having for dinner tonight.
What is your/ you're
100
Three words that indicate the "first person" and should not appear in formal writing.
What is I, me, my, we, our?
200
This speech was Delivered by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 at the height of the Civil War.
What is The Gettysburg Address.
200
The soldier who wants to get a drink during the middle of a battle.
Who is Fred Collins?
200
Maya Angelou is the hope and dream of whom?
What is "the slave"?
200
Fill in the blanks with there, they're or their:
________ going over __________ to _________ friend's house.
What is They're/ there/ their
200
Two words that indicate "second person" and should not be used in formal writing.
What is you and your.
300
These are the three inalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
300
The amount of time that actually passes in the third part of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge".
What is seconds?
300
Symbolizes LIFE in "Mother to Son".
What is a stair?
300
Fill in the blanks with to, two or too:
The _____ brothers are going over _____ their friend's house _______.
What is two, to, too?
300
Words like "don't", "can't" and "won't" that do not belong in formal writing.
What are contractions?
400
The historical documents we have read have a different interpretation of this important phrase.
What is "all men are created equal"?
400
The way Farquar dies.
What is hanging?
400
Symbolizes despair, frustration and hope in "Sympathy".
What is the caged bird?
400
Fill in the blanks with its or it's:
_______ always funny to see a dog chase _____ own tail.
What is it's, its?
400
A phrase such as "old as the hills" or "fast as a cheetah" that do not belong in formal writing.
What is a cliche?
500
Two DIFFERENCES between the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address and two SIMILARITIES between them.
What is- Different Audience (King George/ colonists vs soldiers and their families): Different Purpose (freedom vs. unification); Different time periods (Revolutionary War vs Civil War): etc... Similarities- Concern Freedom/ Liberty; state "all men are created equal; changed American History; etc...
500
It is spilled by the lieutenants.
What happens to the bucket of water Collins brings back?
500
A period of artistic rebirth in the African-American community in the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
500
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate homophones:
________ __________ birthday tomorrow Mrs. Avanzato!
________ hard _____ believe ________ going _____ be 40! ______ is no way ________ a day older than twenty-______!
What is It's/ your/ It's/ to/ you're/ to/ There/ you're/ two
500
A correct, proper heading looks like this....
What is
Fred Jones
5 March 2014
ELA Comp 8 1-2
Mrs. Avanzato