MLA
What phrase do you put in a works cited when you have 3+ authors?
et. al.
Thanksgiving is always held on the ____ Thursday every November
Fourth
Name one novel by Jane Austen:
Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey
What currency does the Republic of Ireland use?
Euros
What kind of coffee do I drink every day in class?
Black coffee!
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
What presidential tradition began on Thanksgiving in 1989?
Pardoning the Turkey
The Imagination Library is a free children's book gifting program started by what famous singer in 1995?
Dolly Parton
What is a word or phrase that is the same forwards as it is backwards? (Like madam or nurses run)
Palindrome
What major was I before I switched to English (be specific!)
Aerospace Engineering
What do you call a citation made within the essay or work itself (aka in-text citation)?
Parenthetical Citation
DOUBLE POINTS: What president first proclaimed Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
Beowulf was written in what period?
Medieval (or Early Medieval)
What is the Kansas state tree?
the Cottonwood (aka 'Poplar')
Name ONE book/work I've read this year (I use them as examples in class so I know u know at least one...)
Canterbury Tales/Arthurian Romances, anything Shakespeare or Marlowe, anything Victorian Gothic classics (will confirm)
What are the two most common formatting guidelines OTHER than MLA?
APA (American Psychological Assn.) and Chicago Style
What is an adult male and adult female turkey called?
Toms (Males) and Hens (Female)
Iambic pentameter is a type of metric line, most famously used by William Shakespeare. "Iambic" describes the pattern of each two-syllable "foot," the word "pentameter" indicates that there are how many feet within a given line?
5
What is the name of the main alien creature in the Alien franchise?
Xenomorphs
What school did I attend before Wichita State (and after high school)?
Butler County Community College
When was the MLA founded (within 10 years acceptable)?
1883
In what year did the 3-day feast between the English colonists/pilgrims and the native Wampanoag take place?
1621
What is the subtitle of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?
The Modern Prometheus
DOUBLE POINTS: What is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia the fear of?
Long words :(
Name one of my cats OTHER than George:
Ginny, Phoebe, Missy, Tony, Reginald, Grayson, Bishop