Classical Canons
Grammar 101
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2016 sucks
Potpourri
100
Refers to discovering the means of argument by which proofs can be discovered; also refers to the originality of expression and argument
What is Invention?
100
The second person subject pronoun
What is "you"?
100
Peter Jackson's film The Hobbit is based ______ J.R.R. Tolkein's book.
What is "on"?
100
This singer died in the first week of January, 2016, after releasing his last album, "Black Star."
Who is David Bowie?
100
This novel by James Joyce is set on June 16, 1904, and follows the characters of Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom; often considered the greatest novel ever written, it was banned because it was considered pornographic.
What is Ulysses
200
Refers to the organization of a rhetorical discourse
What is Arrangement?
200
The third person plural object pronoun
What is "them"?
200
Rhetoric is the art of __________
What is persuasion?
200
This singer died in his home, alone, in Minneapolis, of a Fentanyl overdose.
Who is Pronce?
200
Hannah Arendt used the term "the banality of evil" in her famous essay "Eichmann in Jerusalem" in reference to this
What is the Holocaust
300
Refers to the appropriateness and clarity of the expression of to the audience, and the use of language
What is Style?
300
An example sentence of the passive voice.
What is "The man was bit by the dog" or something similar?
300
The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg meant that _______ could be made widely available
What is "The Bible"?
300
This person wrote the song "Hallelujah."
Who is Leonard Cohen?
300
The earliest known examples are in France, named after their discoverer Jean-Marie Chauvet
What are cave paintings?
400
Refers to the ability of the speaker to recall his arguments when speaking, and alos refers to the way the speaker makes reference to cultural and historical ideas, events, and knowledge.
What is Memory?
400
An example of a relative pronoun used in a sentence.
What is "This is a sentence in which a relative pronoun is deployed" or something similar using which, who, that, etc.
400
This department was hit with the biggest budget cuts in the Alberta 2013 budget.
What is Advanced Education?
400
2016 set a record for being the ________ year in recorded history.
What is hottest?
400
He wrote The Surrealist Manifesto
Who is Andre Breton
500
Refers to the mellifluousness, performance, and command of the speaker; can also refer to the attention to presentation of written or visual texts
What is Delivery?
500
This describes either of the only two proper uses of the semi-colon.
What is: 1) between items in a list or series that contain clauses with internal punctuation or 2) between two independent clauses that are related and/or equal, and which do not employ a conjunction; the semi-colon indicates the two clauses are linked.
500
She is the leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament.
Who is Rhona Ambrose?
500
This person is the president-elect of the USA.
Who is Trump?
500
This traditional music from Indonesia has influenced many 20th century composers, Debussy, Satie, Poulenc, and Cage.
What is gamelan?
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