Basic Writing
This is a word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas.
What is a noun
This is a synonym of anarchy?
What is lawlessness
This day in New York was one of the first major attacks on U.S. soil. We celebrate the ones we lost that day in September every year.
What is 9/11
This form of Journalism in the late 1800's was considered unethical, had edited photos, and spread misinformation (like the magazines at the grocery store)
What is Yellow Journalism
This state's nickname is "The Natural State"
What is Arkansas
This states that a word is in syntax conveys an action, an occurrence, or a state of being.
What is a verb
This word is a synonym of vile?
what is disgusting
This famous hurricane destroyed New Orleans and Louisiana in the early 2000's
What is Hurricane Katrina
This women is famous for her investigative Journalism. She was known for documenting poor conditions in the New York’s Blackwell Island Asylum
Who is Nellie Bly
This bird is the smallest bird in the world
What is the Hummingbird
This consists of two or more independent clauses joined with a comma and coordinating conjunction, also known as the FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
What is a compound sentence
If antonyms mean the opposite, synonyms mean the
What is the same
The men and women who served our country are referred to as
What are veterans
Robert S. Abbott was the founder of a minority newspaper in 1905 in Chicago, IL. He went on to change media and still has this prosperous newspaper today. What was the name of this newspaper.
What is the Chicago Defender
This man was the tallest president?
Who is Abraham Lincoln
This descriptive writing technique compares one subject to a different subject even though they are not normally related.
What is a simile
the definition of "personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others" means
What is Charisma
In the 2000's we have seen two different major pandemics
What is the Swine flu and Covid-19
In 1861 reporters during the Civil War used this device to relay stories quicker so stories could be printed faster
What is the telegraph
This man was the second person to live in the White House?
Who is George Washington
This is formed when two or more adjectives are joined together to modify the same noun.
What is a compound adjective
The definition "the experience of thinking a new situation already occurred" is for what word
What is Deja vu
After 20 years the U.S. pulled out of what War in 2021
What is Iraq War
This man famously challenged the law of "sedation" in the United States in 1735. This would be a landmark decision due to its implications with the future creation of the First Amendment
Who is John Peter Zenger
This state is referred to as "The Constitution State"
What is Connecticut