Getting to the Root of the Problem
Vocabular-remix
Role Call
You're a poet, and you know it
Gram-marathon
100

bene/bon means...?

good or well

100

What is the best antonym for finite?

a. plentiful

b. fixed

c. deadly

d. repaired 

a. plentiful

100

O, happy dagger!  This is thy sheath.  There rust, and let me - die. 

Juliet

100

Some shall be pardoned, and some punished.

antithesis 

100

Simple, compound, or complex?

After I put on sunscreen, I'm going to go to the beach.

complex 

200

dys means...

bad or ill

200
What is the best synonym for benign?


a. terminal

b. generous

c. dull

d. harmless 

d. harmless

200

"O true apothecary!  Thy drugs are quick - "

Romeo

200

O brother Montague, give me thy hand.

This is my daughter's dowry, for no more can I demand.

Rhyming couplet 

200

Comma splice, run-on, fragment, or correct?

Summer break is coming so soon, and I can't wait!  Especially because the weather has been so nice.

Fragment 

300

The Latin root "term" means 

a. words 

b. limit

c. beginning

d. shape or build 

b. limit 
300

True or false?

Emily construed the teacher's silence as disappointment when really her teacher was impressed.

true 

300

"For never was a story of more woe

than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

Prince

300

What motif is evoked in these lines?

FRIAR: A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intents.

FRIAR: Alas, that letter went astray by fate, and here you see the dire result.

ROMEO: I fear too early, for my mind misgives;
Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,
Shall bitterly begin

Fate, destiny 

300

Run-on, fragment, comma splice, or correct?

Moving Up Day, a CGPS tradition, is happening on Friday I can't wait!

run-on

400

rog

a. to ask or demand

b. to shape

c. to sense or perceive 

d. ill 

a. to ask or demand 

400

What is the part of speech?

Clara had the initiative to start a new singing club at school.  

noun

400
But I can give thee more,

For I will raise her statue in pure gold,

that while Verona by that name is known,

there shall no figure at such worth be set

as that of true and faithful Juliet.

Lord Montague 
400

"Eyes, look your last! 

Arms, take your last embrace!  And lips, O you

the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss

a dateless bargain to engrossing death!"

apostrophe

400

Make corrections as needed or write "c" for correct.

Annabelle, the parties host, was celebrating her 14th birthday, and her friends invitations were all sent out.  


Annabelle, the party's host, was celebrating her 14th birthday, and her friends' invitations were all sent out.  

500

Migr

a. to build

b. weak

c. to wander

d. to see 

c. to wander

500

Barrier:obstruct 

a. ladder:steps

b. comfort: family

c. explosive: destroy

d. companion: isolate

c. explosive: destroy

500

Stop thy unhallowed toil, vile Montague!

Condemned villain, I do apprehend thee.  

Obey and go with me, for thou must die.

Paris
500

Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.

personification 
500

Add commas as needed or write "C."

The last day of school which is this Friday is so soon yet in my humble opinion it's not soon enough.

The last day of school, which is this Friday, is so soon, yet, in my humble opinion, it's not soon enough.

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