Digital Age
This AI service was released in November of 2022, citing some controversy/divide but also opening up discussion on the future of writing
What is Chatgpt?
The alphabet was not based on syllables but instead ____
What are phonemes?
In Sumerian Temples, Priests used this for writing and record keeping
What is a clay tablet?
Published in 1911, this is considered the first English Written African Novel
What is Ethiopian Unbound?
40,000 years ago people drew on these to express ideas
What is a cave?
This is what digital speak is usually called
What is "internet slang"?
For semitic languages, many of them did not have ___
vowels
This is where Sumer was
What is Mesoptamia
Five separate poems that was complied in 1800 B.C. and carved into clay, this is considered one of the earliest stories ever created
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh
Because of trading, it was hard to travel with clay tablets so traders used this material for writing instead
What is papyrus?
This acronym dates back to 1989 and is supposed to express something funny
What is LOL?
Created around 1050 B.C. this alphabet was one of the firsts, having 22 letters and all of them were Consonants
What is the Phoenician Alphabet?
For sumerian language, most of the words are ___ syllables
What is Single/Mono Syllables?
Who is Enheduanna?
This man invented the printing press in 1440.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
This device was created by Amazon in 2007, allowing people to read digitally
What is an ebook or kindle?
This group of people added vowels into the Phoenician Alphabet and set the standard for the modern alphabet today
Who are the Greeks?
Sumerians invented this writing system
What is cuneiform?
Created by Murasaki Shikibu, this was considered one of the first novels ever created, being 1,100 pages long with 54 chapters.
What is The Tale of Genji?
In Victorian England, short books about horror and crime became very popular, and were also inexpensive as they only costed 1 cent.
What are Penny Dreadful books?
___ and ___ are two such languages that have become staples of the Internet era.
What is XML and HTML?
By 800 B.C. the Romans adapted the Greek Alphabet and created this alphabet system
What is Latin?
These are little markers to designate what part of speech something was in case it was too ambiguous
What are Determinatives?
Written by Daniel Defoe, novel was created in 1719 and is considered the first english novel
What is the book Robinson Crusoe?
Passed by Queen Anne in 1710, this protected writer's work from being stolen and plagiarized
What is copyright?