ELA

Question 1

What is a kind of phrase that contains more information about a previous noun in sentence?

Answer 1

Appositive

Question 2

What is a kind of mark used when an explanation follows it?

Answer 2

Colon

Question 3

What is a pronoun case used as the direct object or object of the preposition?

Answer 3

Objective

Question 4

What is a descriptive word formed from a proper noun?

Answer 4

Proper Adjective

Question 5

What is a punctuation mark used around an appositive phrase already containing commas?

Answer 5

Dash

Question 6

What is a mark used to indicate a possessive or the omission of letters in a word?

Answer 6

Apostrophe

Question 7

What is a verbal form beginning with the word “to”?

Answer 7

Infinitive

Question 8

What is a kind of conjunction used in a compound sentence?

Answer 8

Coordinating

Question 9

What is a kind of conjunction used in a complex sentence after the introductory adverbial clause?

Answer 9

Subordinating

Question 10

What is a mark used in a compound adjective?

Answer 10

Hyphen

Question 11

What is a sentence with two independent clauses not separated by a semicolon or comma and coordinating conjunction?

Answer 11

Run-on

Question 12

What is a group of words lacking a subject,verb,or both?

Answer 12

Phrase

Question 13

What is a type of verb that establishes an identity between subject and a word in the predicate like an adjective,noun,or pronoun?

Answer 13

Linking Verb

Question 14

What is a kind of clause that is a complete thought?

Answer 14

Independent

Question 15

What is a kind of conjunction used in pairs,such as not only/but also?

Answer 15

Correlative

Question 16

What is a verbal form that is used as an adjective?

Answer 16

Participle

Question 17

What are capitalized words that refer to a specific person,place,thing,or idea?

Answer 17

Proper Nouns

Question 18

What is a group of words with both a subject and a verb?

Answer 18

Clause

Question 19

What are forms of pronouns that denote which one to use?

Answer 19

Cases

Question 20

What are nouns/pronouns receiving the action of an action verb?

Answer 20

Direct Object

Question 21

What is a verbal form that is used as a noun?

Answer 21

Gerund

Question 22

What is a kind of punctuation used after an introductory phrase or clause in a sentence?

Answer 22

Comma

Question 23

What is a kind of clause that isn’t a complete thought?

Answer 23

Dependent

Question 24

What is a transitional word used after a semicolon in a compound sentence?

Answer 24

Conjunctive Adverb

Question 25

What is a verb catagory that designates time of the verb?

Answer 25

Tense

Question 26

What begins with a preposition and ends with an object of the preposition?

Answer 26

Prepositional Phrase

Question 27

What is a pronoun case used for subject of sentence or after linking verbs?

Answer 27

Nominative

Question 28

Creating a run-on,what is the misuse of a comma in a compound sentence?

Answer 28

Comma Splice

Question 29

What form of sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause?

Answer 29

Complex Sentence

Question 30

What form of sentence has two or more independent clauses and one dependent clause?

Answer 30

Compound/Complex Sentence

Question 31

What form of sentence has one independent clause?

Answer 31

Simple Sentence

Question 32

What are the three author's purposes?

Answer 32

Entertain-to entertain the reader with a story Persuade-to try to sway the reader's opinion about something Inform-to inform the reader of something

Question 33

What is a kind of pronoun that refers to a person,a place,a thing,or an idea that may or may not be specifically named?

Answer 33

Indefinite

Question 34

What are the five text structures?

Answer 34

Cause and Effect, Sequence, Description, Compare and Contrast,and Problem and Solution

Question 35

What is the repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry?

Answer 35

Assonance

Question 36

What is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds?

Answer 36

Alliteration

Question 37

What text structure tells what happened and what caused it to happen?

Answer 37

Cause and Effect

Question 38

What text structure shows how two or more things are alike and/or how they are different?

Answer 38

Compare and Contrast

Question 39

What text structure describes items or events in order or tells the steps to follow to do something or make something?

Answer 39

Sequence

Question 40

What text structure tells about a problem then gives one or more possible solutions?

Answer 40

Problem and Solution

Question 41

What text structure describes a topic,idea ,person ,place ,or thing by listing its features,characteristics,or examples?

Answer 41

Description

Question 42

What is an indirect reference to a person,event,or thing?

Answer 42

Allusion

Question 43

What is a deceptive appearance?

Answer 43

Illusion

Question 44

What is the author's way of expression?

Answer 44

Tone

Question 45

What is the overall feeling a reader gets when reading a story?

Answer 45

Mood

Question 46

What point of view tells the thoughts and feelings of every character?

Answer 46

3rd Person Omniscient

Question 47

What point of view tells the thoughts and feelings of only one character using words like I,me,and my?

Answer 47

1st Person

Question 48

What point of view uses words like you?

Answer 48

2nd Person

Question 49

What point of view tells the story from an outside point of view and tells the thoughts and feelings of one character?

Answer 49

3rd Person Limited

Question 50

What is a play on words?

Answer 50

Pun

Question 51

What gives nonhuman objects human qualities?

Answer 51

Personification

Question 52

Who is the heroine in a story?

Answer 52

Protagonist

Question 53

Who is the villain(bad guy) in a story?

Answer 53

Antagonist

Question 54

What is the dictionary definition of any word?

Answer 54

Denotation

Question 55

What are words spoken to God or to oneself in a story?

Answer 55

Soliloquy

Question 56

A category of artistic composition

Answer 56

Genre

Question 57

What is a conclusion about a group of things or people?

Answer 57

Generalization

Question 58

What is it called when the words mean exactly what they say?

Answer 58

Literal Meaning

Question 59

What is it called when a story relieves a previous moment,like a memory,a dream,or by simply revisiting?

Answer 59

Flashback

Question 60

What is the opposite of a flashback?

Answer 60

Flash forward

Question 61

The turning point of a story

Answer 61

Climax

Question 62

An expression like "it's raining cats and dogs"

Answer 62

Idiom

Question 63

A totally made up story

Answer 63

Fiction

Question 64

A true story like a biography

Answer 64

Nonfiction

Question 65

What is a conflict between a person and him or herself?

Answer 65

Internal Conflict

Question 66

What is a conflict between a person and his or her surroundings? ex. Person vs. Person

Answer 66

External Conflict

Question 67

What is a statement that seems true and not true at the same time?

Answer 67

Paradox

Question 68

The part of the story building up to the climax

Answer 68

Rising Action

Question 69

A storytelling

Answer 69

Narration

Question 70

When people are talking

Answer 70

Dialogue

Question 71

When words mean something other than what they say

Answer 71

Figurative Meaning

Question 72

An extreme exaggeration

Answer 72

Hyperbole

Question 73

The part of a story immediately following the climax

Answer 73

Falling Action

Question 74

The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression

Answer 74

Connotation

Question 75

Name the "FANBOYS"

Answer 75

``` For Yet And So Nor But Or ```

Question 76

What kind of pronouns are anybody,anyone,and anything?

Answer 76

Indefinite

Question 77

Are the following indefinite pronouns singular,plural,or do they depend on their meaning:one,everyone,and each?

Answer 77

Singular

Question 78

Are the following indefinite pronouns singular,plural,or do they depend on their meaning:both,few,and many?

Answer 78

Plural

Question 79

Are the following indefinite pronouns singular,plural,or do they depend on their meaning:all,none,and some?

Answer 79

Being singular or plural depends on their meaning

Question 80

Sentence that tells what the paragraph will be about

Answer 80

Topic Sentence

Question 80

Sentence that tells what the essay will be about

Answer 80

Thesis Statement

Question 81

Is this pronoun Demonstrative,Reflexive/Intensive,Interrogative,Relative,or Indefinite? What

Answer 81

Interrogative

Question 82

Is this pronoun Demonstrative,Reflexive/Intensive,Interrogative,Relative,or Indefinite? Myself

Answer 82

Reflexive/Intensive

Question 83

Is this pronoun Demonstrative,Reflexive/Intensive,Interrogative,Relative,or Indefinite? That

Answer 83

Demonstrative

Question 84

Is this pronoun Demonstrative,Reflexive/Intensive,Interrogative,Relative,or Indefinite? Whom

Answer 84

Relative

Question 85

Is this pronoun Demonstrative,Reflexive/Intensive,Interrogative,Relative,or Indefinite? None

Answer 85

Indefinite

Question 86

Kind of pronoun that ends in -self or -selves

Answer 86

Reflexive/Intensive

Question 87

Kind of pronoun that points out a person,place,or thing

Answer 87

Demonstrative

Question 88

Kind of pronoun that introduces a question

Answer 88

Interrogative

Question 89

Kind of pronoun that introduces a subordinate clause

Answer 89

Relative

Question 90

What is a simile?

Answer 90

A comparison between two unlike things using like or as

Question 91

What is a metaphor?

Answer 91

A comparison between two unlike things

Question 92

What is onomatopoeia?

Answer 92

A sound word ex. Boom