This punctuation mark is missing from the following quote:
"When" said my mother, "are you going to walk the dog tonight?"
What is a comma?
100
In a narrative, this is the point of highest action or turning point in the story.
What is the climax?
100
This sentence type has a subject and a verb and expresses a single complete thought.
What is a simple sentence?
100
An appositive phrase describes the _______ and then names the ______.
What is the subject?
100
This part of speech represents a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
200
If a noun ends in any letter other than 'S', you would need only one thing to make it possessive.
What is an apostrophe?
200
Identify the figurative language technique used:
That year, the advent of spring filled the garden with flowers and the hum of thousands of bees.
What is a onomatopoeia?
200
Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex:
Julie and Debbie have 5 brothers and 4 sisters.
What is a simple sentence?
200
Both an antithetical sentence and a sentence that uses juxtaposition will have imagery that compares ________.
What are opposites?
200
Examples of this type of phrase include the following:
in the house
on my desk
against the closet door
What is a prepositional phrase?
300
In a compound sentence, the comma always comes _______ the conjunction.
What is before?
300
In persuasive writing, a _______ statement describes the point you will argue.
Example: All people should not smoke because it causes heart problems, cancer, and can harm others.
What is a position statement?
300
Identify the conjunction and sentence type in the following example:
Who are you, and where do you come from?
What is the conjunction "and" in a compound sentence?
300
The following sentence begins with this type of phrase:
To pass seventh grade, you must study and review for your upcoming exam.
What is an infinitive?
300
This type of participial phrase is found in the following sentence:
Encouraged by the results of the practice test, Larry felt confident that he would pass his exam.
What is a past participial phrase?
400
This punctuation mark can be used in place of a comma and conjunction to combine two sentences.
What is a semicolon?
400
In persuasive writing, this type of evidence includes a story from your own or others' personal experiences.
What is an anecdote?
400
This sentence type contains one main clause and one subordinate clause.
What is a complex sentence?
400
This SVM technique repeats words or phrases at the beginnings of successive clauses.
What is anaphora?
400
There are only three words that function as articles: ____, ____, and ____.
What are A, An, and The?
500
In a quotation, the end mark must be ______ the quotation marks.
What is inside?
500
In persuasive writing, this technique will state the opposing viewpoint of another person and then explain why their position is wrong.
What is a counter argument?
500
This type of clause is found in a complex sentence, and it does not express a complete thought.
What is a subordinate clause?
500
Write an SVM 9 sentence that begins with a subordinate clause.
Because I know how to write a complex sentence properly, my team will score 500 points!
500
Identify the parallel parts of speech at the end of the following example:
As you learn and grow, you will meet many challenges, make tough decisions, and gain much knowledge.