Vocabulary
The phrase “Time is a thief” compares two unlike things without using like or as. What figure of speech is this?
This author wrote "Hit's to see some ign'ant white man / 'Mittin' dat owdacious sin--" in his poem "Possum" and wrote the "Tuskegee Song".
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave what anecdotal TED Talk about narratives and stereotypes?
"The Danger of a Single Story"
What punctuation mark is used to show possession or form contractions?
What does the acronym AAVE stand for in language?
African American Vernacular English
This branch of linguistics studies the structure and formation of words.
Morphology
Who in Elizabeth Acevedo's life tried to discourage her from writing "Rat Ode"?
Her Professor
What term did Ashanti Vershawn Young coin that means "blending many dialects, languages, and rhetorical styles into one mode of communication"?
Code Meshing
The word unhelpful contains both a prefix and a suffix. Name one of them.
Accepted answers: -un (prefix) OR -ful (suffix)
This spoken word piece by Jamila Lyiscott challenges the idea that "proper English" is the only correct way to speak.
"I'm Articulate"
For English learners, these tricky words share pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning, like right/write or flower/flour.
Homophone
What is the name of Elizabeth Alexander’s poem about this ingredient, central to many cultural dishes, and known as ghee in different parts of the world.
Butter
Honored in class on International Pronouns Day, this activist's 1944 law school paper at Howard University argued that segregation violated the 13th and 14th Amendments, laying groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education.
Pauli Murray
Daily Double: These two punctuation marks can both be used to separate independent clauses.
Semicolon and a period.
When people completely change the way they speak depending on audience or location, they're engaging in this language practice.
Code-Switching
The prefix “pseudo–” in words like pseudoscience or pseudonym means this.
When a poet makes a brief reference to a famous person, place, or work, they’re using this literary device.
Allusion
Who stated “Every language has a right to be spoken, even if only five people speak it, because it is democratic and a human right”?
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
Identify the preposition in this sentence: She sat between her two friends.
Between
What is one linguistic feature that distinguishes Black ASL from standard ASL?
Accepted answers: Larger signing space, more two handed signs, or greater facial expressiveness
What do we call a newly created word or expression that has recently entered the language?
Neologism
In “’N’em,” Jericho Brown reflects on the strength and resourcefulness of earlier generations. In the final line, what does the speaker say people like him have forgotten?
Their names
Madam Marilyn Pryce Hoytt visited our class to speak about this Ethiopian painter and modernist artist.
Alexander “Skunder” Boghossian
Edit this sentence to maintain parallel structure: She likes dancing, to sing, and reading.
"to sing" should be "singing"
In Decolonising the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o argues that reclaiming one’s native language is essential to this broader struggle against colonial control.
Accepted Answers: Anti-Racism, Decolonization, Cultural Liberation, Intellectual Freedom