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The "Write" Stuff
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Trivia Mix
100

According to the prosecutor, Steve Harmon performed this role in the robbery.  

What is the lookout?

100

When a writer assigns human traits to nonhuman objects.  

What is personification?

100

the purest essence or form of something

What is quintessence?

100

I, you, he, she, it, we, they are all examples of this type of pronoun.  

What are subject pronouns?

100

The name of the pig in "Charlotte's Web"

What is "Wilbur"?

200

Antigone believes that Polyneices deserves this because he was a brave soldier.  

What is a burial?

200

The point of view when the narrator is part of the action and can reveal only his or her own thought and feelings.

What is first person?

200

to stare with open mouth



What is "gape"?

200

Me, her, him, them, and us are examples of these.  

What are object pronouns?

200

This animated Nickelodeon TV show featured Steve, Blue, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper and Mailbox among other characters.  

What is "Blue's Clues?"

300

In Antigone, when the Choragos suggest that the gods are angry who replies, “No from the very beginning/There have been those who whispered together/Stiff-necked anarchists, putting their heads together/Scheming against me in alleys” (Sophocles 703)?

Who is Creon?

300

The point of view of the following sentence:

"The stranger entered the dark library, unaware that someone was following. "

What is omniscient?

300

associated, connected



What is "affiliated"?

300

Taken, eaten, bought, walked and broken are all examples of these words.  

What are past participles?

300

The number of syllables are in the word “Mississippi"

What is "four"?

400

Thespis is known as the "Father" of what?

What is drama?

400

The narrator tells the story about other characters, using he and she. The narrator only knows the thoughts, feelings, and understanding of one character at any time.

What is third-person limited?

400

suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens



What is "ironic"?

400

When an word ending in "-ing" is used as a noun.  

What is a gerund?

400

The average human has this number of teeth.

What is "32"?

500

The author of "The Pedestrian" .

Who is Ray Bradbury?

500

A reference to another work, often literary, Biblical, or historical.  

What is an allusion?

500

to move about stealthily

What is "skulk"?

500

The type of conjunction found in the following sentence.

"Whenever I’m in Philadelphia, I always get a cheesesteak."

What is a subordinate conjunction?

500

This candy was originally known as "chicken feed".  

What is candy corn?