Basic Writing
Vocabulary
Current Event History
History of Journalism
It's All Relative
100

This is a word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas.

What is a noun

100

This is a synonym of anarchy?

What is lawlessness

100

This day in New York was one of the first major attacks on U.S. soil. We celebrate the ones we lost that day in September every year.

What is 9/11

100

This form of Journalism in the late 1800's was considered unethical, had edited photos, and spread misinformation (like the magazines at the grocery store)

What is Yellow Journalism

100

This state's nickname is "The Natural State"

What is Arkansas

200

This states that a word is in syntax conveys an action, an occurrence, or a state of being.

What is a verb

200

This word is a synonym of vile?

what is disgusting

200

This famous hurricane destroyed New Orleans and Louisiana in the early 2000's

What is Hurricane Katrina 

200

This women is famous for her investigative Journalism. She was known for documenting poor conditions in the New York’s Blackwell Island Asylum

Who is Nellie Bly

200

This bird is the smallest bird in the world

What is the Hummingbird

300

This consists of two or more independent clauses joined with a comma and coordinating conjunction, also known as the FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

What is a compound sentence 

300

If antonyms mean the opposite, synonyms mean the 

What is the same

300

The men and women who served our country are referred to as 

What are veterans 

300

Robert S. Abbott was the founder of a minority newspaper in 1905 in Chicago, IL. He went on to change media and still has this prosperous newspaper today. What was the name of this newspaper.

What is the Chicago Defender 

300

This man was the tallest president?

Who is Abraham Lincoln

400

This descriptive writing technique compares one subject to a different subject even though they are not normally related.

What is a simile 

400

the definition of "personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others" means 

What is Charisma 

400

In the 2000's we have seen two different major pandemics

What is the Swine flu and Covid-19

400

In 1861 reporters during the Civil War used this device to relay stories quicker so stories could be printed faster

What is the telegraph

400

This man was the second person to live in the White House?

Who is George Washington

500

This is formed when two or more adjectives are joined together to modify the same noun.

What is a compound adjective

500

The definition "the experience of thinking a new situation already occurred" is for what word

What is Deja vu

500

After 20 years the U.S. pulled out of what War in 2021

What is Iraq War

500

This man famously challenged the law of "sedation" in the United States in 1735. This would be a landmark decision due to its implications with the future creation of the First Amendment 

Who is John Peter Zenger 

500

This state is referred to as "The Constitution State" 

What is Connecticut

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