Poetry and Culture
The House on Mango Street
Romeo and Juliet
MLA Style
Ms. Bruyers Trivia
100
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
A metaphor compares directly whereas similes compare using like or as.
100
What was the main character's name?
Esperanza
100
What are Romeo's and Juliet's full names?
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet
100
When writing, how do you format a title of a book?
You italicize it
100
What is Ms. Bruyers' favorite fantasy series?
The Lord of the Rings
200
Describe the difference between tone and mood
Tone is the author's feelings about something and mood is the feeling a text gives the reader
200
What city did the main character live in?
Chicago
200
Which character died first in Romeo and Juliet?
Mercutio
200
When writing, how do you format the title of a poem or short story?
You put it in quotation marks
200
What is the name of the flowers in Ms. Bruyers' window?
Wisteria
300
What is the name of a poem we read in class?
folding wontons in abe Cheng, the bagel david Ignatow , "My Father and the Figtree" By Naomi Shihab Nye, A smile always heals By Suma Subramaniam, The Rice Fields By Zilka Joseph, September Tomatoes By Karina Borowicz, From Blossoms By Li-Young Lee, lessons By Jacqueline Woodson, Woodstove of My Childhood By Levi Romero, Peaches by Adrienne Su, Two Guitars By Victor Hernández Cruz, Songs for the People By Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Latin & Soul by Victor Hernández Cruz, Juke box love song by Langston Hughes, Weary Blues by Langston Hughes , Listening by Amy Lowell , Song Book by Naomi Shihab Nye, Trickster III by Kwame Dawes, A Poem for Ella Fitzgerald by Sonia Sanchez, spelling by Margaret Atwood , I Have No Word in English For By Sandra Cisneros, Speaking by Joseph Bruchac, ESL By Muna Abdulahi, Carrying Our Words by Ofelia Zepeda , Language Studies: ‘Ahooyawpe’ / From the Air By Casandra López, How to Awaken a Sleeping Language By Margarita Engle, Self-Portrait By Shara McCallum , Instructions upon Arrival By Dan Vera, The Gift | The Poetry Foundation, The courage that my mother had by Edna St. Vincent Millay - Poems | Academy of American Poets, My Father and Myself Facing the Sun | The Poetry Foundation, Mother to Son | The Poetry Foundation, On Children by Kahlil Gibran - Poems | Academy of American Poets, Generation To Generation by Antoine de Saint-Exupery - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry, Being | The Poetry Foundation, Those Winter Sundays | The Poetry Foundation
300
Who was in the main character's family?
Mom, dad, and her sister Nenny.
300
What was the name of the character who married Romeo and Juliet in secrecy?
Friar Laurence
300
What is missing in each of these sentences?
a. “But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?” (Shakespeare 2.2.2).
b. Juliet says "My bounty is as boundless as the sea" (2.2.133).
c. Mercutio curses both families when he cries, “A plague o’ both your houses!” Shakespeare 3.1.104.
a. something to introduce the quote
b. Shakespeare in the in-text citation
c. parentheses around the in-text citation
300
Which text of the year is Ms. Bruyers' favorite to teach? (title of the book, poem, play, short story, etc)
Romeo and Juliet
400
Which cultural traits did we read/write poetry about at the beginning of the year?
You must name all of them to get the points
Family, music, language, and food.
400
What did the main character want to do as a job when she got older?
She wanted to be a writer
400
What was the name of the girl Romeo was in love with before meeting Juliet?
Rosaline
400
What do you put in a in-text citation for a Shakespeare play?
Romeo says "Quote" (________)
(Shakespeare Act.Scene.Lines)
400
What is the name of Ms. Bruyers' dog?
Benjy
500
Define the difference between cultural artifacts, mentifacts, or sociofacts
Artifacts: Physical objects that people create and use. These are the tangible, visible parts of culture.
Mentifacts: The ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge shared by a culture. These are the mental or abstract parts of culture.
Sociofacts: The social structures and institutions that organize how people interact. These are the patterns of behavior within a culture.
500
What were the sections of the book called? You wrote your own after reading the book.
Vignettes
500
What do Romeo's and Juliet's parents do at the end of the play as a show of peace?
They make peace and build golden statues of their children. 
500
Correctly write a MLA citation
Website article titled "Reading Between the Leaves: The Importance of Being a Good Reader" published November 14, 2024 by Christopher Brown on the Harvard Griffin GSAS News website.
Put url.com for where you would write the link
Brown, Christopher. "Reading Between the Leaves: The Importance of Being a Good Reader." Harvard Griffin GSAS News, 14 Nov. 2024, https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/reading-between-leaves-importance-being-good-reader.
500
Name at least one of Ms. Bruyers' former teachers that still works in here at Spring Lake Park High School.
Mr. Buck, Ms. Crofton, Mr. Smith, Ms. Philips, Mr. Wicklund, Ms. Ahrndt.