Intro to English I
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"My Name" Unit
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"My Name" Unit
What is the first step in class every day?
Phones Away and Atendance
What is the setting of a story?
The primary location where a story takes place
What is the main setting of First They Killed My Father?
Cambodia
What is an Onomatopoeia?
A word that imitates its meaning (boom, buzz, splat)
Which house does Romeo belong to?
Montague
What type of line spacing is used in an MLA formatted essay?
Double
What is the setting of the short story All Summer In A Day?
Venus
What is Loung Ung's home town?
Phnom Penh
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?:
Mr. V has tried his best
To write a funny poem
He thought and thought, then took a guess
This was all he had to show ‘em
A,B,A,B
What is the central conflict in Romeo & Juliet?
Romeo and Juliet are in love but cannot be together since their families are in a feud.
What is the first piece of writing that we studied as a class this year?
"My Name"
What is the difference between "1st Person" and "3rd Person" Point of View in a story?
1st: We see the events through the eyes of the character
3rd: The narrator describes what is see, but as a spectator to the events
Roughly how many people were killed in the Cambodian Genocide?
1.5 - 3 million
Define "assonance"
So the FCC won't let me be or let me be me so let me see.
True or False:
The original Globe Theatre burned down after they fired off a cannon as a special effect
True
Who is the author that wrote "My Name"?
Sandra Cisneros
What is the "Connotative Meaning" of a word?
The feelings or emotional associations that are evoked by that word
What was Pol-Pot's main goal that he was hoping to achieve?
Return Cambodia to its Agrarian Roots to become a self sufficient country
Define the "mood" of a poem
The word choice of the author to evoke a certain feeling in the reader.
In which era does Romeo and Juliet take place?
The Elizabethan Era
Which 4 pieces of information goes in the heading of an MLA formatted paper?
Student Name
Teachers Name
Class
Due Date of Assignment
What are the 6 types of conflict in literature?
Human vs. Human
Human vs. Society
Human vs. Nature
Human vs. Technology
Human vs. Supernatural
Human vs. Self
Which family members does Loung Ung lose in First They Killed My Father?
Keav, Ma, Gaek, Pa,
Which 2 poetic elements are in the following lines?:
Can't stop starin' at those ocean eyes
Burning cities and napalm skies
Imagery
Rhyme
Which major plot point could be altered so that Romeo and Juliet would wind up together and live happily ever after?
If Friar John had not been sent into quarantine he could have delivered the letter to Romeo which would have prevented Romeo and Juliet from taking their lives in the tomb