This word means a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances, especially in reference to fictional narrative.
What is peripeteia?
100
This person was a leading abolitionist, as well as a scout and a spy for the North in the Civil War.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
An imaginary community or society that is undesirable or frightening. It is literally translated from Greek as "not-good place."
What is a dystopia?
100
We use these to separate words and word groups in a simple series of three or more items.
What is a comma?
100
Mr. D spent 10 years working here before a brief stint at Michael's.
What is In N Out?
200
This a word for a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.
What is hamartia?
200
He was imprisoned several times during his pursuit of non-cooperation, and undertook a number of hunger strikes to protest the oppression of the poor.
Who is Gandhi?
200
After freeing himself from his many handicaps and taking to stage, Harrison Bergeron declares himself to be this.
What is Emperor?
200
These will separate major sentence elements and can be used between two closely related independent clauses, provided they are not already joined by a coordinating conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
200
This is how many children Mr. Woodard has.
What is two?
300
This is when a reader or character expects one thing to occur but something else happens.
What is situational irony?
300
In October of 2014, at age 17, this person became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
300
The woman who, along with Harrison Bergeron, was gunned down by Diana Moon Glampers was one of these.
What is a ballerina?
300
This type of clause, though containing a subject and a verb, will not stand as a complete sentence. It will instead make a reader want additional information to finish the thought.
What is a subordinate clause?
300
This is the school Mr. D attended before transferring to UC Davis.
What is Fresno City College?
400
In drama, particularly the tragedies of classical antiquity, this is the final resolution in a poem or narrative plot, which unravels the intrigue and brings the piece to a close.
What is a catastrophe?
400
In his final moments, this 8-year-old managed to rescue six people -- including two younger children -- from a burning mobile home in upstate New York, but perished in a last ditch effort to save his disabled grandfather?
Who is Tyler Doohan?
400
Considered a science fiction writer, a title he never favored, this author was a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany, when that city was leveled by bombing.
Who is Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.?
400
The words that make up the acronym FANBOYS are the seven of these; they are used to connect words, phrases, and clauses.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
400
This is the number of characters in Mr. Woodard's first name.
What is four?
500
This is a type of lyrical stanza. The classic version is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode.
What is an ode?
500
Before she passed away at the age of 19, due to an inoperable brain tumor, she realized her dream as she scored the first and last baskets in Mount St. Joseph's victory over Xavier.
Who is Lauren Hill?
500
In the short story "Harrison Bergeron," this is the agency that was created to uphold the 211th-213th Amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Handicapper General?
500
These are the words that usually indicate location in the physical world, but they can also show location in time.
What are prepositions?
500
Though Mr. D's Master's is in Secondary Education, his Bachelor's degree is in which area?