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Which sentence uses ellipses?
Which option is not a hyperbole?
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Which option is not a hyperbole?
Making this kahoot is fun
The test made my brain explode
The team ran a mile a minute
The mountain was very tall
2
Which sentence uses ellipses?
The sun was shining and the birds were chirping.
It was a dark and stormy night.
So... what happened?
The jacket was red and purple.
3
What is a counterargument?
to agree with an argument
to oppose an idea or theory in another argument
to write out an argument
4
Which events make up the plot?
exposition, climax, falling action, and resolution
climax & resolution
exposition, peak, decrease, solution
beginning, middle, and end
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What is a compound sentence?
A sentence with 1 independent & 1 dependent clause
A sentence with two independent clauses joined together
A sentence with three clauses
A sentence with 1 clause
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Which option is an example of a complex sentence?
The assignment is due tomorrow.
We made it to the beach, but got lost several times.
The sky was cloudy, and it soon started to rain.
I don't want to talk to her tomorrow.
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Which of the following is a simple sentence?
The baker set down his coffee, but later knocked it over.
I want pizza, but my brother wants fries.
The car pulled into the parking lot.
The cat was missing, but was eventually found.
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What does a subordinating conjunction do?
Describes a noun
Starts and independent clause
Starts a dependent clause
Join two words together
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Who would write a biography?
A person who wants to write about their own life
A person who wants to write about someone else
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What is a participle?
A phrase including modifiers, complements, and objects
a verb acting like an adjective and ending in -ing or -ed
links two words together
completes the meaning of the subjects and verb
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Which sentence has an interrogative mood?
How are you?
My group and I worked on the project.
I read the book all day.
It's sunny outside today.
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What is an example of a hyperbole?
Making this kahoot is killing me
The sun was shining brightly
She walked to the store
The grass was green
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What is the authors intent for writing?
To persuade, entertain, or inform
To make money or sell books
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What punctuation is used to signal dialogue?
Parenthesis
Commas
Quotation marks
Ellipses
15
Which is not a metaphor?
She has a heart of gold
Without my sunglasses, I was nearly blinded
The snow was a white blanket covering the ground
The student is a shining star
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Which option is a example of an allusion?
We went to the movies last friday.
The crowd parted to make room for the guest.
She ran like Forrest Gump.
The book was about the civil war
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What book would be written to inform someone?
A fiction book
A comic book
A cook book
An encyclopedia
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What is an alliteration?
An overreaction of a scenario
A figure of speech comparing two unrelated things
A word joining two clauses together
The same sound repeated in a group of words
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Which answer choice is an example of a simile?
She ran like the wind.
How was the park?
He had a chip on his shoulder.
It's raining cats and dogs!
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Which option describes the setting of a story?
We took a long walk to the park.
It was 1996, in a small town outside of Indianapolis.
She ran towards the finish line with great determination.
The dog jumped into the car.
