Genre
Vocabulary
A.H.H.C.H
Testing Skills
Random Knowledge
100

This genre uses odes, limericks, sonnets, acrostics, elegies, and haikus that allow the author to express themselves in a literary and artistic format.

(What is) Poetry

100

The main idea of a text.

(what is) Controlling/Central Idea

100

This U.S. city was the primary setting of the NPR Article At The Top of Her Class and Homeless.

(What is) Washington D.C.

100

Complete the statement: When given a multiple choice item on a test, it is important to read the entire ____________ as well as each _________ __________

(what are) question, answer choices*

100

This character from the Videogame Fortnite takes the appearance of a fruit filled with Potassium and is often associated with an aquatic comrade.

(who is) Peely

200

This genre incorporates plot, setting, characters, Theme other literary elements to tell a story. 

(What is) Fiction

200

This literary tool tells the reader the author's opinion/point of view on a topic.

(what is) Thesis

200

Fill in the blank: Among the many frustrations of shelter life are long security checks and _________. 

(What is) Noise

200

This is the act of of  pragmatically determining what the answer cannot be in order to find an unknown answer within a multiple choice item. 

Process of Elimination

200

This contemporary pop-artist has been nominated for over 500 various awards and has won a total of 324

(Who is) Taylor Swift

300

This genre uses lines, stage directions, monologue, dialogue, setting and other features to tell stories meant to be seen as well as heard.

(What is) Drama

300

The way the author organizes information in a text.

(what is) Text Structure

300

This science and possible career choice is determining the cause of a person's death by examining their corpse.

(what is) Forensic Pathology

300

Complete the statement: Leading _______ research suggests that teen get eight to ten hours of _______ within a 24 hour period.

(what is) Sleep

300

This NCAA basketball team is currently number one in overall rankings as of March 22, 2024

(Who is) UConn aka The Huskies

400

This genre uses charts, graphs, pictures, diagrams, captions, and many other text features to accurately convey nonfiction data to a large audience.

Informational

400

Information directly from the text that supports an answer or claim/thesis.

(what is) Text Evidence

400

Don't let your situation define the person you are or what you can achieve. is an example of what literary device?

(What is) Thesis/claim

400

This technique is when you survey an assessment and carefully answer all the questions you know before the ones you are not sure of.

Tackling the easy questions first

400

This cosmetic treatment of your feet and toenails is quickly becoming your English teacher's favorite familial past-time. 

(what is) a pedicure

500

This genre is used to convey opinions or points of view and can used used for the purpose of sharing the authors convictions and giving the audience an idea for consideration.

(what is) Argumentative

500

Fill in the statement: "it is important to preserver through challenges would be an example of a _____________ in the article, At The Top of Her Class & Homeless

(what is) claim/thesis

500

______________, _________, & _____________ are the sports Rashema Melson played in High School.

(What are) Cross-country, Track, & Volleyball

500

This writing technique involves reading a C.R./E.C.R. question and making a plan for your response before you answer the question.

(What is) making an outline

500

This programming language is often referred to as, "one of the hardest languages to master" and is valuable for it's ability to be combined with other languages in the making of compilers. 

(What is) C++