Spelling Bee
A word for a person who steals goods from a ship or aircraft.
"To suggest that a four-day work week would harm productivity is not only misguided but willfully ignorant of the data we have compiled over the past eighteen months."
What is the tone of this sentence?
A) Indifferent
B) Dismissive and confrontational
C) Whimsical
D) Tentative
B) Dismissive and confrontational
This technique repeats a word or phrase to make it more memorable and convincing.
Repetition
This prefix, meaning "before," comes from Latin.
Pre-
Identify the error: "The list of items are on the desk."
is, not are, since 'list' is singular
A noun meaning a clever or witty reply, often made in response to an insult.
Retort
We must stop counting hours and start celebrating results, because EVERYONE deserves to live full lives.
Passionate
A question asked for effect rather than an actual answer.
Rhetorical question
From which language do we get the words "piano," "opera," and "crescendo"?
Italian
This is the term for the person, place, thing, or idea that performs the action in a sentence. (e.g., "The cat slept.")
Subject
This word refers to the act of taking something for one's own use without permission, often in a cultural context.
Appropriation
The data is clear: a four day week boosts productivity by over 20%.
Logical/Authoritative
A short, catchy line that a company uses to advertise.
Slogan
This Greek root means "time".
Chron/Chrono
Identify the grammatical error in this sentence: "She graduated college last year." (Hint: It's a missing preposition.)
She graduated from college last year.
This adjective describes something that is extremely old or outdated.
Archaic
Oh sure, let's just stick with the 5-day week, because nothing says 'we value our students' like watching them stare blankly at a wall by 3pm on a Friday.
Sarcastic/sardonic
A word for the rhetorical appeal to logic and reason.
Logos
The word "kindergarten" comes from which language, combining words for "children" and "garden"?
German
This is the name for a clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence because it expresses a complete thought.
Independent clause
This word describes language that is overly complex and difficult to understand, often used to impress others.
Obfuscation
Original: "That's a terrible idea."
Rewrite with a tentative and polite tone.
Sample Answer: I wonder if we might explore some other options before settling on that approach.
Write down all parts of AFOREST. First team done wins the points.
Alliterations, Facts, Opinions, Rhetorical questions, Emotive language, Statistics, Triples (rule of 3)
From the Greek words meaning "far" and "sound," what device transmits sound over long distances?
Telephone
Identify and fix the error: "The two twins are both identical."
Error: Redundancy. Correction: "The twins are identical." (The words "two" and "both" are redundant because "twins" means two, and "identical" implies they are both the same.)