Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach.
What is satirical?
100
Jenny refinished a wooden table. She used 1/3 can of varnish for a first coat, 1/4 a can for a second coat, and 1/6 can for a third coat. What fraction of the can did she use in all?
What is 3/4 of the can?
100
One of the two main parts of a sentence or clause, modifying the subject and including the verb, objects, or phrases governed by the verb.
What is the "predicate?"
100
2/3 divided by 3/4
What is 8/9?
100
3 1/8 x (2 1/5)
What is 6 7/8?
200
instructive; author attempts to educate or instruct the reader.
What is didactic?
200
The maximum weight for a basketbal is 22 9/10 ounces. For a baseball it is 5 1/2 ounces, and for a tennis ball it is 2 1/16 ounces. How much heavier is a maximum-weight basketball than a maximum-weight baseball?
What is 17 2/5 ounces?
200
A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units, such as prases and clauses.
What is "Loose sentence?"
200
7/4 x 20
What is 35?
200
The emotional implications and associations that a word may carry.
What is an "connotation?"
300
serious in purpose and convention (no slang, contractions; no idioms).
What is formal?
300
One sixth of the students at a local college are seniors. The number of freshmen students is 2 1/2 times that amount. This fraction of the students are freshmen.
What is 5/12?
300
Words, phrases, and clauses that make one element of a sentence dependent on another. Contrast with coordination.
What is "subordination?"
300
18 3/4 - 5 1/6
What is 13 7/12?
300
2 1/2 divided by 1/10
What is 25?
400
short, to the point.
What is terse?
400
Julia has 3 1/2 pounds of dog food. She plans to split it equally among her seven dogs. How much food will each dog receive?
What is 1/2 lbs?
400
A long and frequently involved sentence, marked by suspended syntax, in which the sense is not completed until the final word--usually with an emphatic climax.
What is a "periodic sentence?"
400
2/5 + 3/4 + 1/10 =
What is 1 1/4?
400
The similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
What is "parallelism?"
500
learned, polished, scholarly.
What is erudite?
500
A cabinet has shelves that 11 1/2 inches apart. On one shelf, Martin stacked a DVD player that is 5 1/4 inches tall on top of an amplifier that is 3 3/8 inches tall. How much space is left above the DVD player?
What is 2 7/8 inches?
500
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.