After college, Coleman joined the Air Force and eventually earned a doctorate degree in chemistry.
The word "eventually" represents this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
100
The teachers were ecstatic about the students' excellent performance on the examinations. The best meaning for the word "ecstatic" is worried or thrilled.
What is thrilled?
100
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama are all categories of writing also called this.
What is genre?
100
The purpose of a postcard from NIKE with a coupon for $10 off is to meant to inform, persuade, entertain, or describe.
What is to persuade?
100
This teacher is an only child and a graduate of the University of Memphis. She is in her first year at HMS.
Who is Ms. Pemberton?
200
Mrs. Kilgore, an enthusiastic teacher, enjoys teaching Reading and Science.
The words "an enthusiastic teacher" represents this type of phrase.
What is an appositive phrase?
200
Big Burgundy Blister is an example of this figure of speech.
What is alliteration?
200
Malcolm X wrote a book about himself. This book represents this type of genre.
What is an autobiography?
200
This teacher recently completed a doctoral program. She is married and the mother of two sons.
Who is Dr. Hargrove?
300
The students thought, "Wow, TCAP is almost here!"
The word "Wow" represents this part of speech.
What is an interjection?
300
The teachers watched the videotaped lesson in order to analyze where improvements could me made.
In this sentence, this word is a synonym for study.
What is analyze?
300
When a story goes back in time and then returns to the present it is a literary element called this.
What is flashback?
300
This sentence is the most important sentence in the essay. It tells what the entire essay will be about.
What is the thesis statement?
300
This teacher is a K-12 Hamiltonian, a proud graduate of LeMoyne-Owen College, and she will be graduating soon with a M.S. degree from the University of Memphis. She is a married mother of two fabulous sons and shares her name with a temperate season. She is in her 7th year at HMS.
Who is Mrs. Scott?
400
Attending school regularyly helps to improve student performance.
The phrase "to improve" represents a prepositional phrase or an infinitive phrase.
What is an infinitive phrase?
400
One of these words is an antonym for general: broad, specific, soldier, and tiny
What is "specific"?
400
Exposition, rising action, falling action, climax, and resolution are elements of a story also called this.
What is plot?
400
This teacher is from Mississippi and a graduate of Jackson State University. She is a wife and the mother of three beautiful children. She also possesses the same name as a brand name of ice cream. This is her 5th year at HMS.
Who is Mrs. Turner?
500
I don't want no F's on my report card.
This sentence is an example of this type of usage error.
What is a double negative?
500
criticize : praise :: combine : __________
This analogy is completed with add, analyze, divide, or merge.
What is divide?
500
When an author writes an autobiography, it is written from this point of view.
What is first person point of view?
500
This teacher is a graduate of LeMoyne-Owen College and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She has taught both 6th and 7th grade Science and Reading. This teacher is married to a teacher and has a daughter who plays basketball. She is a true asset to the school. She is in her 6th year at HMS.