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

Name the text read this year which focused on a young man and the woman he attempted to rob.

"Thank you Ma'am"

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
Name the text we read this year which explored the seriousness of the 'butterfly effect'. 
"A Sound of Thunder"
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

Name the text we studied this year which focused on the trials faced by an African American family in the Jim Crow South.

"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry"
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
Our last text of the year told the story of what famous American?

Helen Keller

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

Name the text studied this year which focused on a man trying to get his daughter back. 

"Chee's Daughter"

500

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

Robert Frost