
ENGLISH QUIZ BEE FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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- Q1
This pertains to the prosodic feature of speech which is the relative emphasis or prominence given to a certain syllable in a word, or to a certain word in a phrase or sentence.
Stress
Intonation
Pitch
Pause
15s - Q2
" The wind whisper to the trees as it creeps in the night" this is an example of what figure of speech?
Personification
Synecdoche
Apostrophe
Oxymoron
15s - Q3
Neither the managers nor the worker ____ late.
come
coming
to come
comes
15s - Q4
Identify the type of Speech Act "From this day forward, I am yours."
Expressive
Assertive
Commissive
Declaration
15s - Q5
Stories told almost entirely in dialogue, simulating social network exchanges.
Text-tula
Text-talk Novel
Hyper Poetry
Digi-Fiction
15s - Q6
Who is known as the Father of English short stories, who also introduced the gothic genre of fiction writing?
William Shakespeare
Edgar Allan Poe
Ernest Hemingway
Geoffrey Chaucer
15s - Q7
The quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.
Intonation
Volume
Pitch
Speed
15s - Q8
What is the singular base form of the word "magi"?
Magee
Magum
Magus
Mage
15s - Q9
Which word is spelled correctly?
Occasion
Occassion
Ocassion
Ocasion
15s - Q10
Complete the analogy:
Rain: Falls - Wind: ___
Runs
Breezes
Blows
Rises
15s - Q11
In Homeric epics, Iliad, and Odyssey, sudden turns of events are often caused by the active participation of gods. In literature, this technique is technically known as __.
Deus Ex Machine
Divine Intervention
Act of God
Omniscience
20s - Q12
Who was awarded as Philippine National Artist in 1973 who authored the short story "Footnote to Youth"?
Nick Joaquin
Manuel Arguilla
Jose Garcia Villa
20s - Q13
Communication is defined as the transmission of meaning for a relative purpose. With this, we can understand that people need a pathway to successfully initiate a conversation. These modes and means of message transfer are technically called ___
Verbal and Non-Verbal Message
Communicators
In-contact and Digital Channels
Encoding and Decoding
20s - Q14
Which of the following poetic trends is structured with lines of Iambic pentameter and a rhyme scheme of ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG
Shakespearean Sonnet
Petrarchan Sonnet
Spenserian Sonnet
Miltonic Sonnet
15s - Q15
It is a Literary Criticism school of thought that examines complications found within a capitalist system, including social structures, wealth disparities, and class hierarchies.
Marxist
Neo-Historicism
Feminist
Historical
15s