Night Test Review

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.

Grant Stringham, a ferocious debater, will advance in the Lincoln-Douglas competition.

Patti and Susan walked in the pouring rain, in the blazing sun, and in the blustery cold.

To walk in the rain and to be cold is miserable.

Running from Brandon, Gideon bounced off Mr. Comalander and fled down the hall.

Her hands clenched in fists, she tottered at the top of  the windswept tower.

The woods are getting ready to sleep, having bed-time conferences, whisperings and good nights.

Two contrasting ideas put side by side

Six boys came over the hill, running hard,their heads down, their forearms working.

Someone directly addresses an inanimate object or someone who is not present.

repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses

What method of analysis should one use to determine the tone of a passage?

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb ...

Grant likes to think outside the box, and he comes up with crazy ideas when he tries.

against the car, in the middle, of the dusty road

Last fall, Daniel answered question after question at the Quiz Bowl meet at Rawlinson.

When I think of all my students going to high school, I am sad, and I want to cry.

In this sentence the independent clause is at the end of the sentence.

Because her parents trust her, Carolyn is allowed to baby-sit her little brother.

a recurring idea, place, object or statement that helps develop theme

There were eels everywhere:  gleaming, slithering over feet, wriggling on toes, and escaping.

The Audreys, eyes open and minds alert, aced the test review.

The use of hints of clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.

"Leaning against the car in the middle of the dusty road, he looked tired and exhausted" is a

This type of sentence begins with an independent clause followed by descriptive phrases.