"I" Know This
Writing an Essay
Social Life
Good Things
Mixed Bag
100

This is what you do when you first meet someone, tell them your name.

What is INTRODUCE yourself?

100

It's the way the title of a full-length work is always presented in an essay

What is ITALICS?

What is ITALICIZED?

100

This person would rather be alone and is often uncomfortable around other people.

What is an INTROVERT?

100

This is a good feeling of intense excitement and happiness--like if you just won the lottery.

What is EUPHORIA?

100

The scientist believed that his experiment would prove this, her theory.

What is the HYPOTHESIS?

200

The Jets Quarterback threw the pass but the Buffalo Bills players did this when they caught the ball.

What is INTERCEPT?

200

As the last sentence of an introductory paragraph, it tells the reader what the essay is going to try to prove.

What's a THESIS?

200

Our class has people from The Bronx, Manhattan, even from Queens. We must be a mixed group, also called this.

What is HETEROGENEOUS?

200

When someone dies, someone close to that person often delivers this kind of a speech, praising all of their good qualities.

What is a EULOGY?

200

I wasn't sure what gender they were because of their haircut and clothes, so I asked them. They are this.

What is ANDROGYNOUS?

300

One example is when Harry Potter plays Quidditch against students from other houses within Hogwarts.

What is INTRAMURAL?

300

It's another word for the writer, poet or playwright when they're named in an essay's first paragraph.

Who is the AUTHOR?

300

When the Baseball Player questioned the Umpire, the officials did this.

What is EJECTED him from the game.

300

There is much debate about the ethics of this practice, which painlessly ends the life of a person who is suffering.

What is EUTHANASIA?

300

This is the branch of medicine that deals with women's health care, particularly the female reproductive system.

What is GYNECOLOGY?

400

This is a character trait used to describe a person who is reflective and looks inward.

What is INTROSPECTIVE?

400

In an MLA essay, this is the formatting that includes the writer's last name and the page number, which are placed at the top right of each page AFTER page 1.

What is a HEADER?

400

This kind of person is easily excitable, has an enormous amount of energy, and can never sit still.

What is HYPERACTIVE?

400

This is what it's called when we move forward.

What is PROGRESS?

400

Having two different colored eyes

What is HETEROCHROMATIC?

500

It's rude for me to do this, try to talk while someone else is having a conversation.

What is INTERRUPT / INTERJECT?

500

It comes at the end of a sentence, is put in parentheses, and acknowledges the source of your information.

What is a PARENTHETICAL CITATION?

500

The teacher talked about his previous career as a Lion Tamer, but he really was a Cat Sitter. He was an over-exaggerator and used lots of this.

What is HYPERBOLE?

500

Sometimes when something bad happens, people try to soften the blow by substituting a "good" word for an unpleasant one. For example, saying that someone passed away instead of saying they died.

What is a EUPHEMISM?

500

The student was reprimanded when he did this, he crossed the line between good and bad behavior.

What is to TRANSGRESS?