Writing
ESL015
Brain teasers
Penn State
Random
100

First paragraph in an essay

Introduction

100

The name of your second Major Writing Assignment (MWA2)

Comparison and contrast

100

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but nine die. How many are left?

9

100

Penn State mascot

Nittany Lion 

100

Blank space; Love story; You need to calm down; Shake it off

Taylor Swift

200

The most important sentence in the introduction

Thesis statement

200

Dr. Hall says this at least one million times per class

Does that make sense? OK. Is that clear? Any questions? 

200

What words mean something different if you capitalize the first letter? 

herb, Herb; polish, Polish; arabic, Arabic; mandarin, Mandarin; may, May....
200

Name of Penn State football stadium 

Beaver stadium 

200

LA Lakers team colors

Purple and gold

300
(Hall, 2021)

in-text citation


300
Maximum number of students in ESL015

18

300

Which three letters can frighten a thief away?

ICU

300

University Park undergraduate enrollment

About 40,000
300

The capital of Pennsylvania

Harrisburg
400

Independent clauses require 

Subject and verb

400

The name of the ESL program director 

Deryn Verity
400

What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?

Your breath

400

Number of Penn State undergraduate campuses

20

400

Linux

Operating system

500

In an APA journal reference, this is italicized

Name of journal

500

The number of assignments in ESL015 this semester

35

500

What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?

A map

500

Old Main was built this year

1867

500

What is the only temperature that is the same in Fahrenheit and Celsius?

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