The Victorian Era
This monarch ruled the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901, lending their name to the period.
Who is Queen Victoria?
The act of presenting someone else's intellectual property as one's own is referred to as this.
What is plagiarism?
This sentence can be found in EVERY essay and presents the author's central claim.
What is a thesis statement?
When you call someone "as blind as a bat", you are employing this literary device.
What is a simile?
This German city was divided into east and west from 1961 to 1989 and now serves as the country's capital.
What is Berlin?
This monotheistic religion was the predominant faith in Victorian England.
What is Christianity?
To ensure an impartial and balanced perspective on any given topic, it is advisable to critically evaluate all sources for this prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group.
What is bias?
When you quote another person indirectly by presenting their idea in your own words, you are doing this.
What is paraphrasing?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in sentences like "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".
What is an alliteration?
The legal document that grants foreign nationals permanent lawful resident status in the United States is commonly referred to as this.
What is a Green Card?
This piece of legislation enacted in 1847 aimed to reduce the permissible number of hours children could work.
What is the "Ten Hours Bill"?
The list of sources used in a research paper that generally appears at the end.
What is a works cited page?
A sentence that keeps on going and going without proper separation through punctuation or conjunctions.
What is a run-on sentence?
The reflection of the author's attitude towards the subject they are writing about is commonly referred to as this.
What is tone?
The name of the 1954 landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional.
What is "Brown v Board of Education"?
This term describes the rapid technological advancements and social changes of the Victorian era,
including the widespread use of steam engines and railroads.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The style guide used for citing sources and formatting academic papers, particularly in the humanities (such as languages) and social sciences.
What is MLA Format?
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses that are closely related in topic without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
Spell this literary device that describes a thing or action by imitating its sound such as in "boom", "quack", or "meow".
What is O-N-O-M-A-T-O-P-O-E-I-A?
Part of the integumentary system, this is the largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
This Victorian author who wrote novels such as "A Christmas Carol", "Great Expectations", and "Oliver Twist".
Who is Charles Dickens?
When conducting research, all sources should be evaluated for these three qualities.
What are credibility, reliability, and validity?
A common error in which two independent clauses are incorrectly joined by a comma such as in "Koala bears are not actually bears, they are marsupials." is referred to as this.
What is a comma splice?
This literary device is used when describing both the age and occupation of the underage workers who often spent numerous hours underground digging for coal.
What is a pun?
This NBA legend was selected 13th in the 1996 draft by the Charlotte Hornets and marks one of the most significant draft night trades in history.
Who is Kobe Bryant?