What is an example of being repetitive?

Using any word or phrase more than twice.

What are the parts of a complex sentence?

independent clause and dependent clause

What does editing mean?

Correct errors such as spelling

Besides nouns, pronouns, and verbs, what are the other parts of speech?

conjunction, interjection, preposition, adjective, adverbs

What does revising mean?

Making actual changes to the content

When should you begin your essay?

Within the first hour while you are fresh and ready

Comparing two unlike things without using like or as

Description that enables the reader to visualize the scene

When can you use personal pronouns in an essay?

If the question is directed at you personally

What are 3 things that will help you the morning of the test?

Getting full sleep, Eat a good breakfast, be confident

What is personification?

When inantimate objects do human things

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1
What are the parts of an essay?
Intro, Conclusion, Body
Conclusion, Body, Introduction
Write freely, don't worry
Introduction, Body, Conclusion
2
"The waves rushed hungrily up on the shore." This is an example of:
Metaphor
Symbolism
Alliteration
Personification
3
What is an example of being repetitive?
Throwing things at people.
Using any word or phrase more than twice.
Running while screaming.
Jumping up and down.
4
What are the parts of a complex sentence?
One independent clause
Two independent clauses
independent clause and dependent clause
Two clauses of any kind
5
You is a
insult
simile
metaphor
personal pronoun
6
"The traffic was so thick yesterday, I 35 was a parking lot." This is an example of:
Simile
Metaphor
Symbolism
Personification
7
Errors: "Student does not try hard enough at all they just give up if something is hard."
does should be do
comma after all
It is fine.
Students/do/comma after all
8
What does editing mean?
Going to the restroom
Cheating
Change the content
Correct errors such as spelling
9
Besides nouns, pronouns, and verbs, what are the other parts of speech?
prepositions, adjectives, imagery, interjections
conjunction, interjection, preposition, adjective, adverbs
nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives,
conjunctions, interjections, adverbs, rhyme---
10
What does revising mean?
Making actual changes to the content
correction
finishing
starting over
11
When should you begin your essay?
When I'm really getting sleepy
Whenever you feel inspired
At the last minute
Within the first hour while you are fresh and ready
12
What should you do when you have finished writing your essay?
Leave it as it is, you don't want to mess it up
Move on
kiss it for luck
Reread it, revise and edit
13
What is a metaphor?
a description that helps visualization
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
a bird's beard
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
14
What does predict mean?
false
be psychic
tell the future
Guess
15
What is imagery?
When inantimate objects talk
Any description
Description that enables the reader to visualize the scene
How you think you will look in a great outfit
16
Flags, Bibles, Crosses, and the S on Superman's chest are all types of:
Symbolism
Characters
Publicity
Jobs
17
When can you use personal pronouns in an essay?
When there is a rainbow outside
When you feel like it
If the question is directed at you personally
If you used a dictionary
18
What are 3 things that will help you the morning of the test?
Getting full sleep, Eat a good breakfast, be confident
Sleeping during the test, 4 leaf clover, rabbits foot
Go out to a dance the night before
drinking raw eggs, running 4 miles, jumping
19
What is the first thing to do after reading the prompt for an essay?
Ask to go to the restroom
Brainstorm/Plan
Start with the conclusion.
Wing it and just start writing
20
What is personification?
A person identifies as an animal
animals talk
When inantimate objects do human things
love of persons

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