Membean
Milford Trivia
Literary Terms
Novels
Propaganda/Persuasive Technique
100

To grant something to a person.

B _ _ _ _ _

Bestow

100

What year did football win their first playoff game?




2018

100

What is the difference between and simile and metaphor?



Similes use like or as

100

Who was the protagonist in Things Fall Apart?


Okonkwo

100

What is ethos?

Credibility

200

Unexpectedly similar or precise

U _ _ _ _ _ _

Uncanny

200

What is the name of Milford’s service dog?



Buffy

200

What is personification?


Giving an inanimate object human features

200

Who was the oldest in In The Time of the Butterflies?


Patria

200

“I’m just like you!” is an example of what propaganda technique?

Plain Folk

300

A crucial event or turning point in either the history of a nation or the life of an individual that brings about a significant change.

W _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Watershed

300

When was Milford High School first founded?


1883

300

What is a allusion?


An indirect or passing reference

300

Name which character had synesthesia (they could hear colors)


Jesmyn

300

Leaving out the opposite side of an argument is called what?


Card stacking

400

Resting to gain health and strength after a serious illness or operation; healing.

C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Convalescent


400

When was the most recent marching band show that made semifinals in Grand Nationals called?



The Oracle

400

Change the sentence to the correct pronoun and antecedent agreement:

“Each of them pushed in their chairs when the bell rang.”

They pushed in their chairs when the bell rang.

400

What did the village headmaster get removed in The Little Chinese Seamstress?

His rotting tooth

400

A celebrity saying “It worked for me, so it will work for you” is an example of what?


Testimonial

500

Tending to talk a great deal; talkative.

L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Loquacious

500

How many years has cheer won ECC in a row?


4 years

500

Correct this sentence to active voice: The allegorical novel Animal Farm was written by British author George Orwell during World War II.


British author George Orwell wrote the allegorical novel Animal Farm during World War II.

500

For how many years was The Monkey King buried under the pile of rocks?

500 years

500

What are political cartoons usually an example of?



Name calling

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