What makes a story science fiction?

It uses science to predict the future

Which of these is true?

You always need a complete thought before a semicolon or colon

What is the biggest reason why movies are different than books?

Movies are third person objective (mostly)

Which is not a rule of dialogue?

Convention rules are important for spoken material

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1
What is the term for lost knowledge/ability over the extended break due to not reading/practicing other skills?
Matthew's effect
Summer Slide
Vacation
Chutes and Ladders
2
Which of these is not a key on how to be persuasive?
Use a strong voice
Pick a side and stick with it
List the pros of both sides
Sound intelligent
3
Who wrote The Ransom of Red Chief?
Edgar Allen Poe
Anton Chekov
O. Henry
Roald Dahl
4
Who wrote The Elevator?
Anton Chekov
William Sleator
O. Henry
Gary Paulsen
5
Which is not something to which Mr. Gilman is allergic?
Swimming pools (you know what I mean)
Peanut Butter
Strawberries
Chocolate
6
Which was not a book offered for literature circles?
Ender's Game
Steelheart
Artemis Fowl
A Monster Calls
7
What makes a story science fiction?
It breaks the rules of science
It has aliens
It is made up
It uses science to predict the future
8
Which of these is true?
Two complete thoughts are needed for a colon
You always need a complete thought before a semicolon or colon
Semicolon = comma
You always use a comma before a quote
9
Which is not a major change from The Hunger Games book to movie?
Clove's physical appearance
The point of view
Thresh's appearance
Including the view of the gamemakers
10
What is the biggest reason why movies are different than books?
Authors regret how they wrote things
There isn't enough time in movies
Directors have to change things
Movies are third person objective (mostly)
11
Which of these is not an element of setting?
Place
Time
Characters
Mood
12
Who wrote The Outsiders?
S.E. Hinton
Wilson Rawls
Orson Scott Card
Ponyboy Curtis
13
Which is not an issue when people have different values?
Group planning
They can't get along
They argue over something that one person feels is not meaningful
Being funny can hurt a person's feelings
14
Which is not a rule of dialogue?
One speaker per paragraph
Punctuation for what is said goes inside the quotation marks
Convention rules are important for spoken material
Anything spoken goes in quotation marks
15
What story did we read by Arthur Gordon?
The Tell-tale Heart
Raymond's run
The Hitchhiker
The Sea Devil
16
How many credits of English do you need in high school?
2
4
3
1
17
Who wrote Click Clack the Rattlebag?
Roald Dahl
Neil Gaiman
Edgar Allen Poe
Stephen King
18
Who was Algernon?
A teacher
A janitor that had his intelligence boosted
A scientist
A mouse
19
Who wrote A Christmas Carol?
Charles Dickens
Don Quixote
Ernest Hemingway
S.E. Hinton
20
Who wrote The Hunger Games?
S.E. Hinton
Sharon Creech
J.K. Rowling
Suzanne Collins

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