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References/MLA
Short Stories
Figurative Language
Reading
Rhetoric
100
What does the term MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
100
What is Doodle's real name in the Scarlet Ibis?
William Armstrong
100
What type of figurative Language is used in the statement below? "Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action" is what type of Figurative Language.
Simile
100
What is the mood? During the holidays, my mother's house glittered with decorations and hummed with preparations. We ate cookies and drank cider while we helped her wrap bright packages and trim the tree. We felt warm and excited, listening to Christmas carols and even singing along sometimes. We would tease each other about our terrible voices and then sing even louder.
Content, happy
100
What is the author of "I've Been to the Mountaintop"?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
What are the 3 remaining items needed in MLA header after your name in the upper left of the page?
Teacher's Name, Subject, and Date
200
What was Monsieur Liosel saving for before he decided to give his wife 400 francs to buy a dress to the party?
A Rifle
200
"The streets were strange and still, / Through the doors of the open churches. The organs were moaning shrill".
Personification
200
What is the main idea? "Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball. They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score. Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.”?
Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.
200
Who is the author of "The Ballot or the Bullet"?
Malcolm X
300
What is the correct way to double-space a paper in MLA format?
Use the paragraph format and select line spacing and change it to ‘Double’
300
A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the park. The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging. What type of Irony is this?
Dramatic Irony
300
She soothed her secret sorrow
Alliteration
300
What is the mood? After New Year's the time came to put all the decorations away and settle in for the long, cold winter. The house seemed to sigh as we boxed up its finery. The tree was dry and brittle, and now waited forlornly by the side of the road to be picked up.
Dreary, depressed
300
What is Rhetoric?
The Art of Persuasion in Speaking
400
When writing a paper in MLA, what information is included on the last page?
Works Cited Page
400
Which word best describes Mme. Loisel?
Envious or Jealous
400
She has a skeleton in her closet
Idiom
400
What is Tone?
a reflection of a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work.
400
What is Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?
Ethical Appeal, Emotional Appeal, and Logical Appeal
500
How do you cite a reference of a news article when there is no author?
Title of the Article, the name of the publisher, and the date of the publication
500
Which phrase best describes a theme from the novel?
Appearances are deceiving.
500
Notorious B.I.G was also known as this "Biggie Smalls". His nickname is known as what type of Figurative Language
Oxymoron
500
What is the theme? In his sophomore year of high school, Michael Jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team at Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. But at five feet and eleven inches tall, the coach believed that Jordan was too short to play at that level, so Jordan was cut from the team. Jordan didn’t let this obstacle defeat him. In fact, it pushed him to work even harder. He trained vigorously and grew another four inches the following summer. When he finally made the varsity squad, Jordan averaged 25 points a game and went on to become one of the greatest basketball players in history.
Never give up on your dreams
500
What persuasive appeal is used when you repeat the same phrase in different ways during a speech?
Restatement