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ENGLISH QUIZ BEE FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Quiz by Ceejay O. Porgatorio

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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

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