This is an object, person, or place that stands for something else:
A) Advocate
B) Myth
C) Symbol
D) Evidence
What is a symbol (C)
100
A/an _____________________ describes a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun.
100
This holiday is celebrated by people of African descent during the end of December:
A) St. Nikolaus Day
B) New Year's Eve
C) Boxing Day
D) Kwanzaa
What is Kwanzaa (D)
100
"Mbombo," "Raven and the Sources of Light," and "Huveane and Clay People" are all examples of the following:
A) short stories
B) creation myths
C) poems
D) allegories
What is creation myths (B)
100
The purpose of this kind of writing is to entertain.
What is narrative writing.
200
This is an argument made by someone with an opposing opinion:
A) Claim
B) Assertion
C) Testimony
D) Counterclaim
What is a counterclaim (D)
200
A/an __________________ expresses an action or state of being.
What is a verb.
200
This reindeer came to Santa's rescue on a foggy Christmas Eve.
What is Rudolph
200
In this myth, the main character was turned into a spider for being too prideful and arrogant:
A) Medusa
B) Daedalus and Icarus
C) Arachne
D) Phaethon
What is Arachne (C)
200
The purpose of this kind of writing is to inform.
What is explanatory writing.
300
This is the quality of being believable or trustworthy:
A) Authority
B) Coherence
C) Credibility
D) Avant-garde
What is credibility (C)
300
The main noun plus all the words that describe it is known as the _______________________.
What is the subject.
300
This object is used during the 8-day celebration of Hanukkah and represents light, wisdom, and divine inspiration:
A) a menorah
B) a dreidel
C) a Christmas tree
D) a nutcracker
What is a menorah (A)
300
This author wrote the poem "The Road Not Taken" (along with many other poems):
A) Nikki Giovanni
B) Walter Dean Myers
C) Edgar Allen Poe
D) Robert Frost
Who is Robert Frost (D).
300
The purpose of this kind of writing is to persuade.
What is argumentative writing.
400
This is the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience:
A) Rhetoric
B) Prose
C) Claim
D) Diction
What is rhetoric (A)
400
The main verb plus all the words that describe it is known as the ________________________.
What is the predicate.
400
Name the missing reindeer: "You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, ________________ and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen..."
What is Comet.
400
According to an article we read about youth and advertising, this is how much money youth are spending on stuff:
A) $11 billion
B) $111 billion
C) $211 billion
D) $311 billion
What is $211 billion (C).
400
This sentence comes at the end of your introduction paragraph and states the main idea or premise of your writing.
What is a thesis.
500
This is the suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word:
A) Denotation
B) Connotation
C) Inference
D) Premonition
What is connotation (B)
500
A/an _____________________ describes a noun.
What is an adjective.
500
The song "Oh Christmas Tree" is also known by its original name, "O Tannenbaum," which originated in the following country:
A) Sweden
B) Germany
C) Japan
D) Australia
What is Germany (B)
500
This person delivered the speech "Ain't I a Woman" at a women's conference in 1851:
A) Kerry Washington
B) Sojourner Truth
C) Mahatma Ghandi
D) Harriet Tubman
Who is Sojourner Truth (B)
500
This sentence states the main argument you are making in your writing. (*Hint: It must be debatable.)