Argument
Grammar
Literary Devices
Reading Knowledge
Misc.
100

What is the explanation part of your argument called where you explain your data and position?

What is a warrant?

100

How would you format the title of Taylor Swift's latest album?

What is italicize?

100

What is it called when you make a reference to a famous person, place, or thing?

What is an allusion?

100
What term includes the time, place, and mood of a story?

What is setting?

100

What is it called when you are attempting to do two things at once by switching back and forth very quicky?

What is task switching?

200

What is it called when you use emotions to persuade your audience?

What is pathos?

200

What punctuation fits in the blank:

I had to get up early____ however, I did get to eat some donuts.

What is a semicolon?

200

What is it called when you give human-like qualities to a non-human character? (The pencil grew legs and walked away).

What is personification?

200

When you make assumptions about a character based on their speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks, what is it called?

What is indirect characterization?

200

What is the highest point in the story (and plot diagram)?

What is the climax?

300

What is it called when the other teams gets a chance to reply to your argument?

What is a rebuttal?

300

What is it called when you make sure all of your verbs are in the same tense and that you're using similar grammar structures throughout your writing?

What is parallelism?

300

What literary device is present:

The palm tree swayed lightly in the cool breeze. Birds flew overhead as the people down below laughed and bounced a volleyball. The sand was hot and soft under their feet.

What is imagery?

300

What is it called when a character is struggling with their own emotions/feelings? (Be specific!)

What is internal conflict?

300

Identify the prefix(es) and/or suffix(es):

constructed

What is con- and -ed?

400

What is an error in logic that renders your entire argument invalid?

What is a logical fallacy?

400

A dependent clause always starts with what part of speech?

What is a subordinate conjunction? 

400

What is the repetition of a consonant sound called? (Sally sold sea shells at the sea shore).

What is alliteration?

400

What is it called when an author leaves clues for events that will happen later on in the story?

What is foreshadowing?

400

Would you capitalize "uncle"?


My uncle Mark took me to the store.

What is capitalize?

500

What logical fallacy is a personal attack on someone, rather than their argument?

What is ad hominem?

500
What is it called when a sentence is worded weirdly and you can't tell who/ what the verb is referring to?

(The waiter brought a steak to the guest that was medium rare).

What is a misplaced modifier? 

500

What is it called when you (the audience) knows something that the characters don't?

What is dramatic irony?

500

What is the difference between tone and mood?

Tone is the author's attitude towards a subject and mood is the way an audience feels due to a text.

500

What are the three genres you can choose from for your EOC essay?

What are expository, argumentative, and narrative?