A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
100
If a writer captures the way someone speaks with an accent, the writer has used __________________ in his/her writing.
DIALECT
100
I ate TO/TWO/TOO much candy during vacation.
TOO
100
The girl told her mother, "Mom, I think that I wrecked the car".
INCORRECT. The period needs to go inside the quotations at the end of the sentence.
100
A verb that has been turned into a noun using the letters "-ing" (Running is fun.)
What is a gerund?
200
DEFINE THE TERM ALLITERATION.
Alliteration is when the same consonant sound is repeated at the beginning of two or more words. "She sells sea shells..."
200
Similes, metaphors, and idioms are all examples of _______________
FIGURATIVE LANGAUGE
200
Sometimes life feels difficult to BEAR/BARE.
BEAR
200
My mom uses her stationary bike to ride ten miles a day.
CORRECT. "Stationery" is the paper; "stationary" means "in place."
200
SYNONYM
What do you call a word that means the same thing as another word?
300
WHAT IS AN IDIOM?
An idiom is a figure of speech which does not mean what it literally says.
300
A _____________________ is a story, fictional or real, which relates a series of events.
NARRATIVE
300
If YOUR/YOU'RE/YORE smart, you will study for the test.
YOU'RE
300
My mothers fathers' mother's job was working in a factory during World War II.
INCORRECT. My mother's father's mother's job....
300
Fish swim in schools
Whales cluster in _____
Lions live in _______
Prairie dogs live in _______
Whales=PODS; Lions=PRIDES; Prairie dogs=TOWNS
400
WHAT IS PERSONIFICATION?
Personification is when a nonhuman thing (object, plant, animal, etc.) is given human characteristics or traits.
400
What do you call the phrase "she shouted" in the passage below?
"We call it the kiss of death, " she shouted.
an ATTRIBUTION
400
I like that bumper sticker. I really like IT'S/ITS message.
ITS
400
My mom said "I really enjoyed last nights concert."
My mom said, "I really enjoyed last night's concert."
400
ABOVE, UNDER, OF, BETWEEN, BELOW
What are some prepositions?
500
DEFINE THE LITERARY TERM "EXTENDED METAPHOR."
An extended metaphor is a comparison made between two unlike things THROUGHOUT a piece of literature; a combination of similes and metaphors may be used to create an extended metaphor
500
When you are writing a paper about a piece of literature, you need to back up your argument/thesis with _____________________
TEXTUAL EVIDENCE
500
His PRINCIPAL/PRINCIPLE goal in life is to ski at every single major mountain. It is THEIR/THEY'RE/THERE goal, TWO/TOO/TO.
PRINCIPAL.... THEIR.... TOO
Principle cannot be used as an adjective; it is only a noun meaning a rule or standard.
500
"Where is their car?" The policeman asked.
"I think that is their's," I replied.
"Where is their car?" the policeman asked.
"I think that is theirs," I replied.
500
East of Eden, Cannery Row, Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, among other novels and short stories.