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100
Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: Yesenia had given the information to her mother.
What is had?
100
Had we realized the vase was so "fragile", we would have handled it more carefully. Which word is a synonym for fragile? breakable - or - strong
What is breakable?
100
African elephants are the most impressive species on the planet. Fact or opinion?
What is opinion?
100
This part of a plot gives the beginning of the story, introduces the setting, and the characters.
What is exposition?
100
Dark, leafy green vegetables are full of vitamins and minerals. Collard greens are dark and leafy. Therefore, collard greens are healthful to eat. This uses this type of reasoning.
What is deductive?
200
Identify a conjunction in the following sentence: Choose either the cat or the dog, but not both.
What is or/but?
200
The "shrewd" detective found the hidden clues and solved the tricky case. Which word is an antonym for shrewd? stupid - or - clever?
What is stupid?
200
Elephants are the largest land mammal. Fact or opinion?
What is fact?
200
Place the jack under the part of the vehicle that it should contact when raised. If you’re using jack stands, place them near the jack. If you place your jack incorrectly, you can injure your car. To find the proper place to position the jack for your particular vehicle, check your owner’s manual. If you don’t have a manual, ask the service department at your dealership to show you the proper placement. What is the author's purpose?
What is to inform?
200
My friend Clark Johnson has curly hair. His two sisters and his parents have curly hair. Therefore, I conclude that all members of the Clark family have curly hair. This argument uses this type of reasoning.
What is inductive?
300
In the following sentence, "Though" is this kind of conjunction: Though we had been there before, we still got lost.
What is subordinating?
300
I want to study aeronautics because I find flight fascinating. The root word aero means this.
What is air/flight?
300
Suppressing a sneeze can cause injury, loss of consciousness, or even death. Fact or opinion?
What is fact.
300
The first little pig builds a house of straw, but a wolf blows it down and eats him. The second pig builds a house of furze sticks, which the wolf also blows down and eats him. The third pig builds a house of bricks. The wolf fails to blow down the house. What is the author's purpose?
What is to entertain?
300
This man has a beard. That man has a beard. A third man has a beard. Therefore, all men have beards. This argument uses this type of reasoning.
What is inductive?
400
Give an example of a subordinating conjunction.
Answers will vary
400
After our first plan didn't work, we went with our alternate plan. The root word alter means this.
What is change/other?
400
Scientists who work in the field of robotics study and create robots. Robots are machines that are guided by computers and electronic programming to perform specific jobs. They can be self-operating or remotely controlled. Name a supporting detail
Answers will vary.
400
This type of poem is only three lines long, has a pattern of 5-7-5 syllables, and comes from Japan.
What is haiku?
400
___ is to tree as limb is to body.
What is branch?
500
These type of conjunctions make the acronym "FANBOYS".
What is coordinating?
500
The superintendent is in charge of all of the principals in our school system. The prefix super means this.
What is above/greater?
500
Clown College did not charge a fee to students . When Clown College first started, classes were six days a week and lasted for thirteen weeks. Students wore baggy pants and giant shoes to class. The learned to juggle, walk on stilts, and ride unicycles. They learned how to balance, to fall, correctly, and how to clown around. They even learned how to put on makeup and costumes. The main idea is this.
Learning to become a clown is demanding and takes physical skill.
500
"Break a leg" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is idiom?
500
Cottage is to dwelling as geology is to ___.
What is science?