Trivia: Round 1

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

Select the correct PRONOUN to complete this sentence: Both of the boys turned in ____________ homework in late.

If the narrator of a story is not in the story, the story is most likely written using:

What is a deeper meaning or insight in a literary work?

What is hyperbole?

Where ________? I don't know this city.

Storytellers and poets of long ago did not write down the tales they told. Instead, they learned the stories and poems of their culture from others and recited them from memory. What is the term for this?

Zeus, Aphrodite, Poseidon, and Triton are all part of Greek ____________.

Which of the following is an oxymoron?

A preposition is:

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

Having doubt or suspicion, questioning, or disbelieving is being:

Which of the following statements BEST describes expository writing?

To ________ is to write down everything you can think of about that topic. It helps to begin the writing process.

At school, we __________ copy or cheat.

A sprained ankle should be treated by ________ it and applying ice.

The Macy's Parade day was delayed when the Spiderman balloon _______ in the first mile.

After you explain the "_______" in the thesis/introductory statement, you need to show "_________".

"Do you love candy?" I asked my friend Paul. I always make new friends. What point of view is this statement written in?

Name the problem in this sentence: "Flooring the accelerator, Juan wove through the heavy traffic. As his ex-girlfriend Gigi chased him down the interstate."