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MSHS Olympiad (English)
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A competition of Language Arts prowess...
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1
The basic types of characters in a story include:
flat, round, dynamic, and static characters.
boring, lame, interesting, or fun.
readers, writers, and characters.
villains and heroes.
2
The Hero's Journey includes which of these stages?
Call to Journey, Crossing a River, River of Sadness...
Call to Adventure, Crossing The Threshold, Road of Trials...
Atonement, Patience, and Reward
Freedom, Danger, and Returning Home
3
Symbolism is
the use of symbols to represent objects and ideas.
the use of math in language arts.
just wrong.
the use of pictures in a book.
4
Lennie and George are the main characters of what novel?
"Oliver Twist"
"Of Mice and Men"
"Lord of the Flies"
"A Tale of Two Cities"
5
Literary analysis is...
critiquing how an author used literary elements in a story.
reviewing the main points made by an author's novel.
summarizing a story's plot.
discussing only characterization in a story.
6
Name the novel: a young man, disillusioned with society, journeys out of civilization.
"To Kill A Mockingbird"
"The Things They Carried"
"Into the Wild"
"Lord of the Flies"
7
Rhetorical analysis is...
summarizing about what an author argues.
a discussion about Aristotle's rhetorical triangle.
another word for a thesis statement.
analyzing how an author makes an argument.
8
The image represents what type of figurative language?
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
9
In what kind of format is a haiku?
Seven words, five words, seven words
Six words, four words, six words
Seven syllables, five syllables, seven syllables
Five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables
10
The image is an example of what type of figurative language?
idiom
euphemism
pun
cliche
11
The theme of what novel offers a commentary on oppression through the hypocrisy of imperialism.
"Into the Wild"
"The Great Gatsby"
"The Heart of Darkness"
"Animal Farm"
12
What part of speech would the word "run" fall into?
Conjunction
Action Verb
Pronoun
Preposition
13
Anne claims the word "our" is a helping verb; is she correct?
I have clue...
No
Yes
Maybe
14
"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath it" appears in what book?
"Into the Wild"
"Macbeth"
"The Great Gatsby"
"To Kill A Mockingbird"
15
A poem of 14 lines with 10 syllables in each line is traditionally known as...
a scansion
a sonnet
a haiku
a sestina
16
The technique writers use to help the reader become acquainted with the characters is called...
Plot
Personification
Characterization
Mood and tone
17
Name the book: a group of boys stranded on an island lose humanity for savagery. Oink, oink.
"Finding Alaska"
"Perks of Being A Wallflower"
"Lord of The Flies"
"Into The Wild"
18
Who wrote the poem "The Raven"?
Edgar Allen Poe
J. R. R. Tolkien
Shakespeare
F. Scott Fitzgerald
19
What part of a story's plot offers an introduction to the characters and setting?
climax
resolution
falling action
exposition
20
Name the book: a moody 17-year old manipulates a 13-year old girl into a tragic child marriage.
"Macbeth"
"Romeo and Juliet"
"For Whom The Bell Tolls"
"The King and I"
21
"You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget" is a line in
"Twelfth Night"
"The Road"
"Big Fish"
"The Crucible"
22
Name the book: as a father is dying, a son attempts to find facts in a sea of fiction.
"Animal Farm"
"The Great Gatsby"
"Heart of Darkness"
"Big Fish"
23
Atticus Finch was a character in what novel?
"To Kill A Mockingbird"
"The Odyssey"
"Their Eyes Were Watching God"
"The Great Gatsby"
24
Cowper's line "I must finish my journey alone" is an example of
dactylic meter (1 stressed, 2 unstressed).
trochaic meter (1 stressed, 1 unstressed).
anapestic meter (2 unstressed, 1 unstressed).
iambic meter (1 unstressed, 1 stressed).
25
Identify which statement shows correct MLA formatting.
"Poetry is what gets lost in translation" (Frost, 242).
Frost said, "Poetry is what gets lost in translation."
"Poetry is what gets lost in translation" (Frost, 242.)
Frost (242), "Poetry is what gets lost in translation."
