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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Comparing two things which are not the same using "like" or "as" is called a
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
imagery
Which punctuation device would you use when writing a sentence that needs a slight pause before you continue the sentence.
comma
period
colon
semi-colon
A definition of the word ubiquitous is
far away
found everywhere
not visible
extremely cold
When Mr. Whitfield says he has a million papers to grade he is using:
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Imagery
The definition of the word GRIT has a similar meaning to the word
courage
determined
committed
All of the above
When providing evidence in your essay and you use a direct quote, if you do not provide a citation it is called
originality
plagiarism
copy and paste
uniqueness
If you provide a quote in your essay and provide the author's name and page number to show where the quote came from, this is called a
footnote
citation
comma splice
personal inference
If your teacher tells you to be "cognitive" of what's going on, he or she is telling you to be
quiet
excited
afraid
aware
William Shakespeare was
A poet
A playwright
greatest writer in the English language
All of the Above
Another word for dilemma is
problem
fence
obstacle
party
Every sentence should begin with a _________________ ________ and end with some sort of ________________
question mark, period
dollar symbol, question mark
Capitalized word, punctuation
Exclamation point, period
Another word for practice (verb) is
train
rehearse
drill
All of the above
"Lucrative" has a similar meaning to
profitable
remunerative
gainful
All of the above
The past tense of the verb deny is
denies
denied
denyed
denay
When writing an essay, should you include quoted material from your sources in your introductory paragraph?
Maybe
No
Always
Possibly
