Literacy Quiz Bee

Which of these is a synonym of the adjective 'inhospitable'?

• welcoming

• uninviting

• comfortable

• nice

It is used to make readers perceive things involving their five senses. For example, “I have dreamed of joy departed”, “While all the world were chiding” and “A lonely spirit guiding.

• imagery

• denotation

• cliché

• epigram

It is a device that moves an audience from the present moment in a chronological narrative to a scene in the past.

• exposition

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• climax

It refers to two lines of poetry that follow each other and rhyme.

• pentameter

• consonance

• style

• couplet

It is the very end of a story, the part where all the different plotlines are finally tied up and all remaining questions answered.

• denouement

• climax

• rising action

• exposition

Last week, we didn't go to work because we ______ very ill.

• was

• wasn't

• were

• weren't

Which is the past form of "catch"?

• catched

• catchhed

• caught

• catcheed

Which sentence is correct?

• Did they speaked in English?

• Do they spoke in English?

• Did they spoke in English?

• Did they speak in English?

My parents _______ angry last night because I _____ late.

• were / were

• was / were

• was / was

• were / was

The old woman __________ some cookies for her family yesterday.

• climbed

• ate

• baked

• cried