English Flashcards

A student reads a passage where the author uses the phrase 'the city roared with anger.' What literary device is this?

Answer: Personification

Personification gives human qualities (anger, roaring) to a non-human thing like a city.

Which sentence uses correct subject-verb agreement?

Answer: The group of scientists is conducting research.

When a collective noun like 'group' acts as a single unit, it takes a singular verb such as 'is.'

In a narrative, the term 'rising action' refers to which part of the plot?

Answer: Events that build tension toward the climax

Rising action consists of events that develop the conflict and increase tension leading to the climax.

A student wants to write a persuasive essay about school lunch options. Which type of evidence would be MOST effective to include?

Answer: A statistic showing the percentage of students who skip lunch

Statistics provide objective, measurable data that strengthen a persuasive argument more than personal anecdotes alone.

Read this sentence: 'Despite studying all night, Marcus failed the exam.' What does 'despite' signal?

Answer: A contrast between two ideas

'Despite' is a concessive conjunction that signals a contrast between an expected outcome and what actually happened.

Which of the following is an example of an informational text structure that presents a problem and its solution?

Answer: An article explaining how pollution causes health issues and what communities can do

Problem-solution structure identifies an issue and then presents ways to address it, as in the pollution health article example.

Which revision BEST improves the clarity of this sentence: 'She gave her friend the book that she wrote'?

Answer: She gave her friend the book she had written.

Using 'had written' correctly forms the past perfect tense and removes the ambiguous pronoun reference.