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