The Hero's Journey
This quiz will test your knowledge over what the hero's journey is and some examples from literature and the performing arts.
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This quiz will test your knowledge over what the hero's journey is and some examples from literature and the performing arts.
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Linda Bergman, author of “Academic Research and Writing”, outlines several guidelines that are useful to help writers develop their professional voice in writing. This quiz helps students hone in on some of those methods and provides ways that they can easily implement them into their essays.
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Strong writing skills are important in the educational and professional worlds. One common mistake made by some people is the lack of understanding homophones. This quiz gives a brief introduction of the definition with some examples.
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The following questions are taken from chapters two and three of the novel, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer. Read each question carefully and choose the correct answer.
The following questions are taken from the prologue and introduction of the novel, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer. Read each question carefully and choose the correct answer.
Vocabulary definitions matched to terms related to poetry. As poetry moves from rigid forms to more flowing, an understanding of language is needed. This quiz offers a brief introduction to the language arts.
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Quiz yourself on basic literary elements! Understand important terms necessary for ELA!
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This quiz will helps single out some of the main ideas in Edwidge Danticat’s book, The Dew Breaker.
This quiz gives students an easy way to practice learning about different genres of writing by associating current movie pictures and stories with a given category. The listing of genres provided are terms that every college student must learn while matriculating through school.
Students will review the grammatical concept of using "who" versus "whom."
Introductory Vocabulary Terms for "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. The novella that presents a family in Mexico who suddenly has riches and the impact on their lives.
Students will gain a better understanding of Just Walk on By-- an essay written by Brent Staples.
Students will be able to test themselves on their knowledge of Milton's Paradise Lost and gain a better understanding of key points that their instructor may ask them about.
Homonyms are words that sound the same, but have different meanings. See if you can tell which word goes with each sentence.
This quiz was written to test your understanding of Jonathan Swift’s essay, A Modest Proposal.
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Students will learn about the mechanics of citations.
Students will practice the mechanics of MLA citations.
Appropriate use of a colon and semi-colon when writing brings clarity to your statement. Inappropriate use could cause confusion to the reader.
The quiz will identify several potential symbolic motifs in Coleridge's famous poem. It will stimulate the student to consider possible topics for essays. Furthermore, it will provide a brief review of some of the symbolic content of the poem.
Test your knowledge of American prose writers of the 19th Century. Use this quiz to brush up on your familiarity of major titles and writers.
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Executing correct documentation format can be difficult. This is a brief quiz regarding in-text citations for APA format that will help you to master the basics.
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Exercise your reading comprehension muscles! This quiz is intended to determine students' comprehension of the article “Why children as young as three are sent to boarding school in China” (found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24624427).
For writing to sound intelligent and correct, one must make sure to have their subjects and verbs agree in number (i.e. singular or plural). For each of the following sentences, choose the correct verb or verb phrase to complete the sentence.
Check students' understanding of initial reading of The Third Wave (found at http://libcom.org/history/the-third-wave-1967-account-ron-jones). Great ESL exercise!
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Students will match the literary work with the correct author. I have selected works which are often taught as part of a high school or college curriculum
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Test your knowledge on the final Act of Shakespeare's final play. Choose the best answers to questions about plot, characters, and imagery from this Act.
Test your knowledge of basic plot, character analysis, imagery, and language on the fourth Act of this famous Shakespeare play.
Test your knowledge of basic plot, character analysis, imagery, and language on the third Act of this famous Shakespeare play.
Test your knowledge of basic plot, character analysis, imagery, and language on the second Act of this famous Shakespeare play.
Test how well you understand the basic plot of Macbeth as well as the deeper themes, symbols, and character analysis.
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The quiz will list the name of a famous writer and you will be given a number of book, poem, short story, and play titles that you must match with the correct author.
A quiz that checks the knowledge students have from the first chapter of the novel "The Outsiders" by SE Hinton