Parts of Speech
Punctuation
Essays
Poetry
Potpourri
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In the following sentence: Hayden runs diagonally through the trees every Wednesday. The word "diagonally" is an example of this.
What is an adverb?
100
In the following sentence, this punctuation is needed: Andrew robbed the store he was shot on his way out.
What is a semicolon after store?
100
These are the three parts of every essay.
What is the introduction, body, and conclusion.
100
These are lines grouped together in a poem. They are the poem's version of a paragraph.
What are stanzas?
100
Don't steal ________________ shoes, they may need them to run. This is the correct form of "there" for the above sentence.
What is their?
200
A word that is used to connect words, phrases, and clauses. For example: for and nor but or yet so
What is a conjunction?
200
In the following sentence, this punctuation is needed: Raven used to be on television but now shes in Mr. Shreves class.
What is a comma before "but" to combine two sentences, an apostrophe in she's and an apostrophe after Shreves to show ownership?
200
You are doing this when you write an expository essay.
What is explaining how, why, or your point of view?
200
This type of poem is Japanese based and has a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
What is haiku?
200
This is the author of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
Who is Robert Frost?
300
Hey, if you go over there in the ice you may fall through it. In the above sentence, over and through are examples of this.
What is a preposition?
300
In the following sentence, this punctuation is needed: JFK said Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country.
What is a comma after said and quotation marks around the quote?
300
This is how many times you must answer each media question per essay.
What is no set answer as long as your story flows. Thinking and feeling are the most important.
300
"Casey at the Bat" is an example of this type of poem.
What is a narrative poem?
300
This was the first battle of the Texas Revolution.
What is Gonzales?
400
This is the way that is supposed to be. In the above sentence, this and that are an example of this.
What is a pronoun?
400
In the following sentence, this punctuation is needed: How can I make a difference if I am so small and quiet?
What is nothing?
400
Personal narratives do not always have to be completely this.
What is true?
400
Eminem and Bruno Mars are examples of this type of poet.
What is a lyrical poet?
400
This is a word that is no longer used in our language today.
What is an archaic word?
500
There are ________________ adverbs in the following sentence: The tough STAAR test is fast approaching, and I know confidentially that my smart students will be ready.
What is two?
500
In the following sentence, this punctuation is needed: My favorite things to do are as follows read work out watch tv eat and sleep.
What is a colon after follows and commas between all the items in the list?
500
These are the differences between expository and personal narrative essays.
What is media questions vs. recipe in the body, lesson learned in personal narrative, thesis vs. topic sentence.
500
The way that poems rhyme is referred to as this.
What is the rhyme scheme?
500
One is a number, the other is a direction, and the other is an adverb.
What is the difference between two, to, and too?