Language Trivia Page - 9

Trivia Questions

A short essay, or the basic message students are asked to extract from a literary work

A simile is defined as a comparison usually containing either of these 2 words

"Dark" term for hints in a story that suggest what's going to happen later

Also a measure, it's the "measure" of stress patterns in a line of poetry

This faulty type of sentence is classified as either a comma splice or a fused sentence

Latin for "thus", it would precede (& possibly follow) the paleontologist's motto "Semper Tyrannosaurus"

The organization of events or storylines in a tale, as in Stephen King's "Graveyard Shift"

Meter for blank verse & 5 disposable pens

There are 2 of these phrases in the sentence "Santa enjoys dining out but the lady of the house likes to eat in"

Another term for upper case characters such as the ones that start a sentence