Elimination Round_Literacy Bowl

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• Its raining, we can’t play outside.
  

• It’s raining; we can’t play outside.
  

• Its raining we can’t play outside.
  

• It’s raining, we cant play outside.

Choose the correct spelling:

• Accomodate
  

• Acommodate
  

• Accommodate
  

• Acommodete

What does the prefix “anti-” mean in the word antibiotic?

• Against

• With

• Before

• Inside

Which of these is an example of a simile?

• The stars danced playfully.

• Her smile was sunshine.

• He ran as fast as lightning.

• Time is a thief.

A student writes in their Coraline review:
“Neither the buttons nor the dark hallways was frightening at first.”
What is the error?

• “Neither” should be “Either”

• “Hallways” should be “hallway”

• “Was” should be “were”

• No error

Your class receives a suspicious email offering “free iPhones for the first 100 students who click the link.” What is this an example of?

• Cyberbullying

• Phishing

• Digital footprint

• Catfishing

In Life of Pi, the author describes the sea as “a liquid desert, without a drop to drink.” What literary device is used here?

What is the meaning of the idiom: “to hit the nail on the head”?

• To injure oneself

• To cause damage
  

• To miss an opportunity

• To be exactly correct
  

Which sentence uses the colon correctly?

• I need to buy: apples bananas and oranges.

• I need to buy apples: bananas and oranges.

• I need to buy three fruits: apples, bananas, and oranges.

• I need to: buy apples, bananas and oranges.

Read the lines:
“Because I could not stop for Death – / He kindly stopped for me –”
Which literary device is used here?