Friday Language Arts Trivia & other useless trivia

Question 1

The tone of a good argument essay is . . .

Accepted Answer

persuasive

Question 2

Puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

Accepted Answer

cryptic

Question 3

What is the state above Ohio?

Accepted Answer

Michigan

Question 4

The man pictured below is the Governor of PA.

Accepted Answer

Tom Wolf

Question 5

Synonym of Central Idea

Accepted Answer

thesis

Question 6

What is the connotation of divergent?

Accepted Answer

positive

Question 7

What is the connotation of crony?

Accepted Answer

negative

Question 8

The year Plessy vs Ferguson was decided

Accepted Answer

1896

Question 9

What is a turkey in bowling?

Accepted Answer

three consecutive strikes

Question 10

Which division of our military was surprisingly able to defeat the British in the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

The Navy

Question 11

To irritate, anger, or annoy

Accepted Answer

rankle

Question 12

What is the connotation of gaunt?

Accepted Answer

negative

Question 13

The person pictured below sung "Let it Go" in Frozen.

Accepted Answer

Idina Menzel

Question 14

Illustrative writing refers to details used in:

Accepted Answer

non-fiction

Question 15

Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclimation in what year?

Accepted Answer

1863

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT formal?

Accepted Answer

can't

Question 17

Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr.

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights

Question 18

Antonym of to soar or to skyrocket

Accepted Answer

plummet

Question 19

Opposite of friendship or love.

Accepted Answer

enmity

Question 20

Capable of being grasped by the mind.

Accepted Answer

perceptible

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