Of little importance, not worthy of serious attention
What is frivolous?
100
Correct the sentence: "How do germs become more strong"
What is How do germs become stronger?
100
These are all the parts of a plot diagram
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement, conflict
100
Mood can be established using these two cinematic techniques.
What are lighting and sound?
100
The word "glut" has this connotation
What is negative?
200
Humorous, not meant seriously
What is facetious?
200
What is wrong with this sentence? "This obstinate germs can with stand the chemical compound triclosan."
What is "THESE obstinate germs can WITHSTAND the chemical compound triclosan."
200
This is a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
200
This occurs when a character struggles between opposing needs or desires or emotions within his/her own mind
What is internal conflict?
200
This is the most common type of editing technique
What is a cut?
300
To change direction or course suddenly
What is veer?
300
What is wrong with this sentence? "Bacteria certainly pose a problem to our health but there is a sensible safe solution."
What is "Bacteria certainly pose a problem to our health(,) but there is a sensible(,) safe solution."
300
This is the main character in a story who initiates actions that move the plot along.
What is a protagonist?
300
These are three examples of figurative language
What are similes, metaphors, personification, hyperboles
300
This idiom means a person is clumsy (sometimes used to describe a bad dancer)
What is "two left feet"?
400
Delicate skill, tact and cleverness
What is finesse?
400
What is wrong with this sentence: "It also helps to wash your hands brisk, thorough, and often."
What is "It also helps to wash your hands BRISKLY, THOROUGHLY, and often."
400
The tone of this sentence: Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!
What is impressed/excited?
400
This is a writer's central idea or main message about life
What is theme?
400
This type of irony occurs when the reader/audience knows more about the circumstances or future events in a story than the characters within it.
What is dramatic irony?
500
A person or thing of no importance
What is nonentity?
500
Correct the sentence: "Four days later divers lifted two enormous statue's out of the sea."
What is "Four days later(,) divers lifted two enormous STATUES out of the sea."
500
True or False: In LotF, Jack left the group because Ralph claimed he didn't need Jack.
What is False?
500
In this POV, the narrator is not a character in the story but rather provides the reader the inside thoughts of only one character, and none of the thoughts of any of the other characters.
What is Third-Person Limited?
500
A shot-reverse-shot between two characters implies this.
What is the two characters are having a conversation?