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Words, Words, Words!
Lit is Lit
100

This word best fits the overall meaning & tone of the sentence:

Mr. Ramsey relied on his gut feeling, or _____ when choosing candidates to mentor.

aptitude  OR intuition

What is intuition?

100

This is wrong with the following:

"Congradulations, seniors!"

What is congratulations is misspelled? 

100

Doing this would correct this fragment:

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What is change the first period to a comma?

100

The meaning of the root word OMNI - as in omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent.

What is ALL?

100

The triple bacon cheeseburger glistened with health and good choices.

What is irony?

200

This word best fits the overall meaning & tone of the sentence:

Cooper's favorite author is Hemingway, in part due to the ______ details in his prose.

superfluous OR rich

What is superfluous?

200

This is wrong with the following:

"For free legal advise, call 1-800-SUE-THEM!"

What is advise is a verb & advice is a noun?

200

This is the way to correct the mechanical error in this sentence:

I couldn't believe how calm Dwayne sounded when he said "I really didn't mind losing my job"!

What is add a comma after said?

200

This word means you can use either hand, so when you see the root you know that "both" is indicated

What is ambidextrous?

200

“Whisper words of wisdom …” -- The Beatles - Let It Be 

What is alliteration?

300

They link ideas from one sentence to another

What are transition words?

300

This is wrong with the following:

"Ciara is such a lucky women to have married Russell Wilson".

What is women is plural and woman is singular?

300

The types of author purposes

What are entertain, inform & persuade?

300

Deity, deify and deism all refer to this entity, which many call Him or Her

What /who is God?

300

“Did you hear about the river boat that got angry and went off course? It was blowing off stream.”

What is a pun?

400

This perspective or POV puts the narrator outside of the story

What is third person?

400

This is wrong with the following:

"Swim at you're own risk!"

What is "you're" is a contraction or means you are?  

400

You must have this to support an argument

What is evidence?

400

The difference between denotation & connotation


What is the exact meaning vs the implied meaning?

400

"Lonesome wolf, filling the dark night with your plaintive howl, will you be reunited with your pack before dawn?"

What is apostrophe?

500

The message the author seeks to express through her writing

What is theme?

500
This is wrong with the following:

"Foreigners don't always chose the US, sometimes they emigrate to Canada."

What is chose should be CHOOSE and emigrate should be IMMIGRATE?

500

1st and last phases of the writing process

What are brainstorming and publishing?

500

The root word meaning time

What is chrono?

500

"People who can't trust, can't be trusted."

What is a paradox?