ECS Quiz Bowl Poetry and English Flashcards

1

Define Proofreading

final check of writing
making sure language is used correctly

2

Apostrophe to the Ocean is from which of the following?

The Torah
The New Testament
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
The Odyssey

3

Which is an example of an Em Dash

p.3-5
"Alot of people were in the crowd--Tom and Scott among them"
Of course!
bananas, apples, and potatoes

4

How many letters in the English Alphabet?

26
27
25
32

5

Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?

"He is a snake"
"BANG BANG BANG BANG"
"I'm a million times smarter than you"
"bittersweet chocolate"

6

Walt Whitman wrote which of the following?

The Spires of Oxford
The Hunger Games
Two Roads
O Captain! My Captain!

7

Define precede

to go on after something such as an interruption
to come or go before someone or something

8

Ambiguity...

is different interpretations of works of literature
is a rhetorical device used to persuade one's opinion
a release of negative emotions
recurring image, phrase, element, expression, word or action

9

The Mending Wall was written by?

Edward R. Sill
Robert Frost
Henry Longfellow
Emily Dickinson

10

Narrative poems include all of the following EXCEPT...

sonnet
ballads
idylls
epic poems

11

Who was Josiah Gilbert Holland

Author of Invictus
Creator of Facebook
Author of Gradatim
A neurosurgeon

12

How many letters of the alphabet are words on their own?

1
5
3
2

13

Which of the following is a pre-modifier

"A history book"
at, by, with
"that ate everyone's lunch"
"A book about history"

14

Which of the following did Edward R. Sill write?

A Pslam of Life
The Tell Tale Heart
The Polar Express
The Fool's Prayer

15

Wiliam

Shakspeare
Shakespere
Shaespeare
Shakespeare

ECS Quiz Bowl Poetry and English

Questions 15

ECS Quiz Bowl Poetry and English

Questions 15