English Grammar
He she it....
das "s" muss mit
Which civil rights leader delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the 1963 March on Washington?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" centers around a society where books are banned and "firemen" burn any that are found. What is the temperature at which paper ignites?
451 Fahrenheit
What do stylistic devices do?
They create an image in the reader's mind.
- said all students ever
Roe vs Wade was a Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed women the right to....?
abort/abortion
Name the tense: John read the book in two weeks.
Simple Past
Who refused to give their seat on a bus to a white man?
Rosa Parks
In George Orwell's "1984," the government's surveillance apparatus is called "Big ...."?
Brother
"You are my sunshine"
Name the stylistic device used.
Metaphor
Which animal traditionally represents the Democrats?
The Doney
What is the name of the so-called "-ing" form in English?
Present Participle
Name a public space that was segregated.
Schools, public transports, toilets, churches, court houses, libraries
Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel depicts a society where women are subjugated for reproductive purposes. What is the novel's title?
The Handmaid's Tale
"Love is like oxygen"
Name the stylistic device.
Simile
What does MAGA stand for?
Make America Great Again
Which grammatical term describes a word that replaces a noun in a sentence?
Pronoun
What's the name of the black power political organisation founded by college students?
The Black Panther Party
Who wrote the famous novel "Brave New World"?
Aldous Huxley
What is the term for a word or phrase that has a similar sound to another word but different meanings, and is often used for humorous or rhetorical effect?
Pun (word play)
What is the NRA?
National Rifle Association
What grade of possbility does the 3rd if-clause express?
none, because it happened in the past
Which laws enforced racial segregation in public spaces in the US?
Jim Crow Laws
What's the opposite of dystopia?
utopia
What is the term for a type of word that phonetically imitates the sound it describes. Spell the answer.
O-N-O-M-A-T-O-P-O-E-I-A
Americans believe to be the world's greatest nation. This belief stems from the Puritan settlers that thought the New World was the chosen land to be cultivated in the westward movement.
Name this American ideology.
Manifest Destiny