Are You Smarter Than a High School Student?

English 1

100

A reference to another piece of literature, historical event, art, or mythology.

What is an allusion?

200

The use of descriptive details that pertain to any of the five senses.

What is imagery?

300

The author's voice or attitude

What is tone

400

Thing or person

What is a noun?

500

The feeling a reader gets from a story

What is mood?

English 2

100

The central argument of an essay.

What is a thesis statement?

200

Supports your claim (s) in your essay

What is text evidence?

300

This is another word for thesis statement (often used in Science)

Hypothesis

400

Which is not considered reliable evidence: personal opinion, statistics, expert opinion, or examples?

What is personal opinion?

500

When a reader gives a general picture of an article or essay.

A summary

English 3

100

Essay writing order

What is a introduction, body paragraphs (counterarguments), conclusion.

200

The Greek word for logical appeal in an argument.

What is logos?

300

The order in which sentences make sense

What is syntax?

400

The credibility of the speaker in an argument.

What is ethos?

500

A literary device that appears to contradict itself but actually holds a kind of truth.

What is a paradox?

MISC

100

Unit 2 Book

What is "There Eyes Are Watching God"

200

Today's Homework

Get some rest and charge your laptop

300

An exaggeration in a story.

What is a hyperbole

400

First sentence in your introduction

What is a hook

500

Dismissal time from school, September 21, 2022

What is 1pm?