Literacy Bootcamp & Writer's Guild
Ubi, Quo, Quantinus
Power of Poetry
Night of the Notables & Reflections/Recollections/Roots
Rise of the Anthropocene & Rhetoric Unleashed
100

This is a type of irony that occurs when the audience is aware of something but the character within the narrative do not. 

What is dramatic irony?

100
Trump wants to invade Canada and uses this theme of geography to argue we'd make a good addition to the states. 

What is regions?

100

A bouncing babbling band of baboons is an example of this poetic device. 

What is alliteration? 

100
The study of gratitude and how humans can be content with life is this branch of psychology. 

What is positive psychology? 

100

A clearance sale or appeal to get you to do something because of a lack of time is this rhetorical technique.

What is kairos? 

200
This is when something is a irrefutable fact, and is the opposite of an opinion. 

What is objectivity? 

200
This is a type of map that showcases the elevation (altitude) of the land? 

What is topographical map? 

200

The poem "To This Day" by Shane Koyczan is famous for it's imagery about pork chops. Discussing food in writing utilizes this writing technique in this poetry form. 

What is sensory writing, in a spoken word poem?

200

This is the correct citation style during research in an English class (and was what you had to do on your research report). 

What are MLA citations? 

200
The early science of anthropology was highly colonial as scientists never left their home countries, and we now refer to these types of anthropologists using this term. 

What are armchair anthropologists? 

300
This is the name of the character who shot Jerome in Ghost Boys.

Who is Officer Moore? 

300

On a map at the mall, this would indicate where you are standing looking at the map. 

What is a directional indicator? 

300

Unlike the type of poetry found in Japan, this one originates in Ireland and is often comedic in its five lines.

What is a Limerick? 

300

This is the definition of psychology. 

What is the scientific study of the mind and human behaviour? 

300

When Donald Trump attacks Joe Biden during his inauguration speech, this is an example of this rhetorical topoi in action.

What is ad hominem? 

400

In a paragraph, the sentence: "It is clear to see through the quote above that Marxist views on the proletariat disagree with the current state of the political system." represents this component of PEEL.

What is explanation? 

400

On Earth, Australia is located in this hemisphere. 

What is the Southern OR Eastern HEMISPHERE?
400
This is the ryming scheme of a sonnet. 
What is "ABBA CDDC EFFE GG" or

"ABAB CDCD EFEF GG"?

400
In the legend of the notables, this is the name of the dark sorcerer who disrupts the book and sends out villains into the NOTN timeline. 

Who is the tornmage? 

400

A woman keeps the seeds of the plants she grows so she can continue to plant beans, corn, and squash together while she lives in this mode of production.

What is horticulture? 

500

This device would occur in a story with multiple plot lines coming together to combine into one happy ending. Latin for "God in the machine".

What is a deus ex machina? 
500
Species maps, language maps, and electoral maps all belong to this category of maps.

What are thematic maps? 

500

This is an example theme statement for the following poem: (NO RIGHT ANS)

at a certain age/ 

every goodbye starts to be/ 

practice for the last

What is "Though death is feared by many, some may adopt an attitude of welcome as they recognize the ending of their lives coming.? (ANSWERS MAY VARY) 
500
These are the three criteria for how notable someone is. 

What are, their notability/popularity at their time, the consequences of their actions/life, and how they represent/are a symbol of trends at the time?

500

Churchill, the PM of England during WWI, stated: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat" which was a message to the masses using this rhetorical appeal. 

What is pathos?