Reading
Writing
Etiquettes
Literary Devices
Silly times
100

This is a scene that takes place before a story begins. It also interrupts the chronological order of the main narrative to take a reader back in time to the past events in a character's life.

Flashback

100
In the statement, "the students' opinions matter", the apostrophe is after the s because 

it shows ownership 

100

The abbreviation Sx stands for

medical symptoms 

100

Your guess is as good as mine is an example of 

an idiom 

100

Feeding an essay actually means 

Feeding details, details and details to make great writing

200

You can find the year the book was published on this page

The copyright page where is informs you of the publishing house and then will state @2020

200

Using 'you' in writing shows this point of view 

2nd person 

200
True/False: the comma always comes both, after the month and the date. Ex: February, 9, 2022

False

200

He's as skinny as a toothpick is an example of 

Hyperbole 

200

List all actors who played Batman 

Michael Keaton, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Val Kilmer, and Robert Pattinson 

300

True/False: Confederates wanted the Democratic-Republicans to agree to slavery

True

300

True/False: When writing in MLA format, you can write either ELAR or English for the subject 

True

300

Three types of formal closing statements in letter writing is

Sincerely, Regards, Respectfully, or Yours Truly

300

The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition is an example of 

Personification 

300

Three names Ms. Khan calls the class

Minions, humans, earthlings, gamers, (6th grade: big brainers or sussy brainers)

400

The author's name who wrote Five Total Strangers is

Natalie Richards 

400

This point of view is when the author is considered all knowing

omniscient 3rd person

400

The difference between cc and bcc in an email is

cc is carbon copy (visible email) and bcc is blind carbon copy (not visible- privacy) 

400

True/False: Idioms compare two things while explaining a situation or feeling. 

False

400

Essays are _____ for the ______

Essays are good for the soul :P

500

When proofreading and editing a peer or friend's essay, you need to use this colored pen/pencil and write your name on the ______  _______ side of the essay.

Red and Bottom Right Hand Side 
500

Antonyms for impertinent is 

Polite or respectful 

500

P.M. in time stands for

post merīdiem, meaning—you guessed it—“after midday.”

500

"'What were you doing under our window, boy?'
'Listening to the news,' said Harry in a resigned voice.
His aunt and uncle exchanged looks of outrage.
'Listening to the news! Again?'
'Well, it changes every day, you see,' said Harry." 

In Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, Harry using this literary device 

Sarcasm 

500

True/False: ELAR is an abbreviation for English, Language, Arts, and Reading

False, it's an acronym