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100
This is the President that led the North in the Civil War (1861-65) to end slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
Denne fejltype illustreres i følgende eksempel: There is many things to be done in the new house before they can move in.
Hvad er kongruensfejl?
100
This is the first line of Shakespeare's famous sonnet 18.
What is ”Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?”?
100
This is the English word for a brief explanation of the content or plot of a text.
What is a summary?
100
This religious group is the majority in Ireland and the minority in Northern Ireland.
Who are the Catholics?
200
This is the year that Afro-Americans obtained the right to vote.
What is 1965?
200
Denne fejltype illustreres i følgende eksempel: The story is build up chronologically, but there are flashbacks to the main character's past.
Hvad er uregelmæssige verber?
200
This is the Italian town where "Romeo and Juliet" takes place.
What is Verona?
200
This word is the equivalent of 'title' for non-fiction texts.
What is a headline?
200
This is what we call the period of unrest in Northern Ireland from the 1960s until 1998.
What is The Troubles?
300
Together, these two chambers make up the Congress.
What are The Senate and The House of Representatives?
300
Denne fejltype illustreres i følgende eksempel: She has for the last couple of years tried to bring in new colours into their livingroom.
Hvad er adverbiernes placering?
300
This is how Shakespeare and the Elizabethans said ”you” (2 words!)
What is "thou" and "thee"?
300
”We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." This line from Martin Luther King, Jr. uses this rhetorical device.
What is an antithesis?
300
This is the year the Ireland was split into Ireland and Northern Ireland.
What is 1921?
400
This expression, with its r alliteration, illustrates The American Dream.
What is “from rags to riches”?
400
Denne fejltype illustreres i følgende eksempel: Zadie Smith writes novels about people whom are unhappy.
Hvad er relative pronominer?
400
Iambic pentameter.
What is a line consisting of 5 iambs, also known as blank verse?
400
"O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die." This line from Shakespeare uses this rhetorical device.
What is an apostrophe?
400
These two groups fought against each other in the civil war 1922-23.
Who are the Republicans and the Freestaters?
500
This is the motto of the USA and it means ”out of many, one”.
What is ”e pluribus unum”?
500
Denne fejltype illustreres i følgende eksempel: When he was home for the holidays, he enjoyed to eat his mother's Christmas cookies.
Hvad er verber efterfulgt af ing-form?
500
This is the year that Henry VIII broke with the Pope and the Catholic Church through the Act of Supremacy.
What is 1534?
500
A direct comparison.
What is a simile?
500
He was Ireland's Taoiseach 1932-48, 1951-54 and 1957-59.
Who is Eamon de Valera?