Fast and Curious Round One

Question 1

Filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement

Accepted Answer

Exuberant

Question 2

The portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events through the performance of written dialog (either prose or poetry)

Accepted Answer

Drama

Question 3

A report or description of an event or experience.

Accepted Answer

account

Question 4

A storytelling genre that uses laughter and humor in order to entertain and amuse.

Accepted Answer

Comedy

Question 5

A form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class

Accepted Answer

Aristocratic

Question 6

A type of metric line used in traditional English poetry and verse drama

Accepted Answer

Iambic Pentameter

Question 7

An authors reason or intent for writing

Accepted Answer

Authors Purpose

Question 8

A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes

Accepted Answer

Quatrain

Question 9

praise enthusiastically and publicly.

Accepted Answer

acclaim

Question 10

Relating to or characteristic of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

Accepted Answer

Elizabethan

Question 11

The Central, unifying element of the story.

Accepted Answer

Central Idea

Question 12

This is a detailed description of a person's life.

Accepted Answer

Biography

Question 13

An author's particular way of approaching or considering a topic.

Accepted Answer

Authors Position

Question 14

Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech

Accepted Answer

Brevity

Question 15

A pair of end-rhymed lines of verse that are self-contained in grammatical structure and meaning.

Accepted Answer

Couplet

Questions 15