Intellectual Duel

11. When the copy machine fails, it is often due to its components being ___.

37. Mrs. Hopper give solid ___ to her students.

44. You need to ___ easy to pace yourself if you are running in a marathon.

36. If you were to miss one or two questions on a test, do not let it ___ you!

43. If you are ___ honest man, you will not lie on your taxes.

8. The class scored ___ on their test and earned the field trip.

25. Readers often have to make a(n) ___ when the central idea of a piece is ___ by details in the passage.

3. The company my dad works for makes more money ___ most of the companies in town.

45. What sentence rehashes the body's topic sentences?

19. The words "To commence" would best start off what paragraph in a formal essay?

18. Good teachers read ___ to their students to model proper annunciation and pronunciation.

7. "If you want to lose weight, then you need to cut back on ___," warned Mrs. Hart to Mr. Conrad.

2. I bought a new car, but ___ headlight was broken.

17. "I have ___ more friends than you think!" shouted the old man.

48. "No worries, Jim, that was in the ___," Bob said.

35. If I am handwriting the title of a novel (a long book), I would use ___?

22. The zoo keeper saw the three ___ father near the monkey cages.

31. You do NOT have to cite a source when you are summarizing a piece of evidence from the passages in a formal essay.

50. "___, dude," whispered the surfer to the policeman.

30. Your thesis statement must address the ___.

23. It is advantageous to give a ___ to your ELA teacher every now and then.

46. When the paramedic got to the accident victim, he was ___ and not responding.

33. The freedom to make a choice is he basic ___ of our democracy.

6. I know the character of my team, and I know that ___ going down without a fight.

28. The manager's tone will ___ that the project will fail, which will lead the team to ___ they need to work harder.

26. Did you have a ___ time at the party?

39. Which rhetorical appeal should I use when I want to appeal to a reader's sense of intelligence.

32. This test is a piece of cake, everyone in Mr. Conrad's class thought.

21. Students who do not prepare for tests often get ___ before they take them.

1. I have ___ money in my wallet today than yesterday.

10. I want to write educating the public on the education a child can get at PKS. The __ will be to inform the public.

40. If you are in ___ much of a hurry, you might make mistakes.

9. If you saw the word "explain" in the prompt of your formal essay, what type of essay would you be writing?

49. Which one of the following is NOT a part of a well-written concluding paragraph:

16. You gave me ___ word that you did not eat the last donut!

42. You are __ fortunate to have Mrs. Ballester as your science teacher.

5. If I write a letter to my boss seeking a pay increase, the ___ of my letter might be optimistic and serious.

14. What goes into the thesis statement of an expository essay?

27. The students complained that there were too ___ pieces of information on the text.

41. When you are ___ with the book, you will trade it in for a new one at the library.

24. What punctuation do you use when you are directly quoting a source or passage in your formal essay?

13. ___ all of the players on the tennis team, Pablo and Johnny were the best.

20. The ___ is what the passage or work is mostly about.

12. He did not want to ___ the fact that he was going to have to go to summer school.

34. "OK, class, now it's time for the ___ round," said the teacher as the class started the game.

15. "That girl has more problems than a math book." This is an example of all the literary devices below EXCEPT:

38. Which is more important when writing a formal essay?

29. What goes into the thesis statement of an argumentative essay?

4. How many paragraphs does Mr. Conrad want you to write in your formal essay?

47. How many pieces of evidence from the passages should you to be able to weave into the body paragraphs of your essay?