Short Stories
F451
R&J
Miscellaneous
Grammar Grind
100

I ran and ran and ran - from the summer to this season.

Winter

100

This character asks Montag, "Are you happy?"

Clarisse

100

This Italian city is "where we lay our scene."

Verona

100

Fahrenheit 451, Harry Potter, The Hate U Give, and To Kill a Mockingbird all belong to this infamous "club."

Banned books

100

Slow down! A fused sentence is also known as this type of grammatical transgression.

Run-on sentence

200

This man is the (now-deceased) husband of Mary Maloney.

Patrick

200

This the book Montag tells Granger he has memorized.

The Book of Ecclesiastes

200

R&R? Had Romeo never met Juliet, he may have ended up with this character.

Rosaline

200

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time given us" - words of wisdom from the famous literary character.

Gandalf

200

Which is the adverb in this sentence?
"Because she was late for her exam, she ran quickly to the bus stop."

Quickly

300

Surprise! Humans are the real antagonists of this short story, not aliens.

Sentry

300

This symbol is emblazoned on the firemen's uniform.

Phoenix

300

Romeo & Juliet was likely first performed at this theatre between 1595 and 1597.

The Globe

300

In this stage of "The Hero's Journey," Tony Stark meets Yinsen, who helps Tony construct his first Iron Man suit after saving him from certain death.

Meeting of the Mentor

300

This punctuation mark links two closely related independent clauses.

Semicolon

400

In "The Fun They Had," Margie is shocked when her brother finds one of these, as she had never seen one before.

A book

400

Bradbury may have been influenced by this movement, characterized by increasing political repression, censorship, and anti-communist rhetoric, named for a US senator.

McCarthyism

400

This character is tasked with informing Romeo of the plan to fake Juliet's death.

Friar John

400

This woman was Shakespeare's wife, but she lived with him in Stratford-upon-Avon, not Genovia.

Anne Hathaway

400

"The movie about dogs" is not a complete sentence, therefore, it is this kind of grammatical offence.

Fragment

500

It's no Neverland - the African veldt ultimately kills the parents of these two Hadley children.

Peter and Wendy

500

When Montag first reads from this Jonathan Swift novel when he reveals his secret book collection to Mildred.

Gulliver's Travels

500

This type of metric line is characterized by five 'feet' of an unstressed syllable followed by stressed syllable. Ex. two HOUSE / holds BOTH / a LIKE / in DIG / ni TY

Iambic pentameter

500

Deep cut! This is Mr. Newton's favourite movie.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

500

"Clean your room!" is an example of this kind of sentence.

Imperative

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