Figurative Language
MLA Basics
Rhetoric
Literature
Not So Random Trivia
100

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

a simile

100

The last page of an MLA paper is the....

Works Cited

100

In rhetoric logos is an appeal to...

reason or logic

100

Which text studied this year was set during the dust bowl?

Esperanza Rising

100

Name the bird with the largest egg to body ratio.

Kiwi

200

A comparison without using 'like' or 'as'

metaphor

200
An MLA header has 4 parts. List them.

Your name, teacher's name, course name, and due date

200

In rhetoric pathos is an appeal to...

emotion

200

Which text studied this year focused on the Civil Rights movement?

Brown Girl Dreaming

200

Name the woman who refused to give up her seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 

Rosa Parks

300

When an author gives human attributes to non-human beings or things

personification

300

What is wrong this intext citation?

(Rowling page 18)

Delete "page"

300

In rhetoric ethos is an appeal to ...

character

300

Which text studied this year utilized the motif of roses?

Esperanza Rising

300

Ms. Pugh and Lois Lowry, author of The Giver, both spent time living in this country.

Japan

400

When a word sounds like what it is meant to represent, ex. Bang

Onomatopoeia

400

What do you call the citations included on the works cited page?

Bibliographic citations

400
In rhetoric the setting refers to what?

The manner or place where the audience will interact with the text

400
In The Giver, why can't most of the characters see color?

The ability to perceive colors was taking because it threated the Sameness

400

What year marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

1929

500

When the same consonant sound is used several times in a line. Ex. Several slimy snakes slithered

consonance

500

What is wrong with this topic sentence:

In "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" Rowling uses snake symbology to highlight the evil of Lord Voldemort.

Titles of books are in italics, not quotations

500

What are the 5 key parts of a rhetorical situation?

author, purpose, text, setting, and audience. 

500

In Brown Girl Dreaming, why was Jacqueline's younger brother hospitalized?

He ate paint

500

What famous American Poet wrote the poem "The Road Not Taken"?

Robert Frost