General ELA Trivia
What does the color blue usually symbolize in poems and other writing?
Sadness, grief, tears
What is expectation number 1?
Respect me, respect your peers, respect yourself
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
Write all of the 6 traits of writing
ideas, organization, voice, fluency, word choice, conventions
Who was Zelda Fitzgerald's husband? (Double if you can give me a book he wrote)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (This Side of Paradise; The Great Gatsby; Tender is the Night)
What is a simile? Provide an example
Comparing two things using like or as; "darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream"
What is Miss Ekdahl's tutoring schedule?
By appointment only
What is the difference between a works cited and a bibliography?
Works cited: ONLY sources cited in paper
Bibliography: ALL sources used to find info for paper
what is the rule about word choice
Use the BEST words, not always the smartest/biggest
How did J.R.R. Tolkien come up with the children's story The Hobbit? Double if you can tell me the first words of the story
He needed a bedtime story to tell his children; In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit"
What famous play opens with three witches chanting: "Double, Double, toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble" (double points if you get both the title and the playwright)
Macbeth; Shakespeare
What four types of writing will we cover this year?
Informative/Explanatory; Persuasive/Argumentative; Research; Narrative
What information is included in the HEADING (double points if they are in the correct order)
First/Last Name
Assignment
Class
DUE Date
2) vary the sentence structure
What was the name of the comic Superman first appeared in? Double if you can get the year
Action Comics #1; 1938
What author famously began their most well-known work by stating "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a great fortune must be in want of a wife." (double if you get the title too)
Jane Austen; Pride & Prejudice
name three things you can find on Miss Ekdahl's website?
contact info; lesson plans; journal prompts; schedules; important documents; slideshows
What is the indent called in an MLA works cited page? What is this indent?
Hanging Indent: top line fully left justified, bottom lines indented
What is organization? What is one way you can improve it?
Structure, order of ideas in essay; review thesis statement, provide more context, and rearrange sentences in paragraph
What was the title of the only novel ever published by Zelda Fitzgerald?
Save me the Waltz
Provide three examples of figurative language and tell me what each of them are.
Answers will vary
What is Miss Ekdahl's writing philosophy?
Writing is a balance between structure and creativity
Write a sentence about Zelda Fitzgerald in which you cite Miss Ekdahl as the source of information.
Sentence (Ekdahl).
How can you improve voice? provide two ways
look at audience/formality; use appropriate jargon; use proper tone/emotion
What is the name of the unpublished collection of J.R.R. Tolkien's writings of Middle Earth?
The Annexes