Hodgepodge
Define each of the 3 key terms from our Crime and Punishment/Mystery unit
Means
Motive
Opportunity
Means = how it was done (skills or weapons etc.)
Motive = the why/reason
Opportunity = the chance to actually have done the crime (where and when)
How many people was Lombard accused of killing in his past?
21
Some of the imagery in McKay's poems related to where he grew up. What country was that?
Jamaica
where did Victor grow up (city is fine)
Geneva
In what state did the trial take place
Tennessee
What is the difference between SIMILE and METAPHOR?
simile uses like or as
Name the two authors who wrote Memoirs
Carlotta Walls
Elie Wiesel
List 2 things that inspired the author to write LOTF
taught at an all-boys school
fighting in WWII
The book Coral Island
Having been a bit of a bully when he was younger and regretting it
What was the original name of the farm
Manor Farm
Name the two era/time periods that the authors were reflecting back upon
Holocaust
Civil Rights
Who is the 8th-grade team leader
Ms Hitchcock
How did Vera get Lombard’s gun at the end?
when they were pulling Armstrong's body from the water
What specific tree did Frost write a whole poem about
Birches
Who was Victor's best friend?
Henry
Name the real-life biology teacher who was on trial, and the name of the character representing him in the play
John Scopes
Bert Cates
What is repeated in an ALLITERATION
starting sound of words usually consonant
Where was Robert Frost born? and what very famous event was the the fist poet to speak at?
San Francisco CA
JFK Inauguration
Who throws rocks at one of the little uns and what does this ultimately foreshadow?
Roger
Piggy's Death
Who on the island has red hair and what was his role before landing on the island?
Jack
Choir Leader
On her father's side of the family, Carlotta calls her grandfather what?
Also what business does he own?
Big Daddy
Pool hall and cafe
Agatha Christie is known as the best-selling author after what two "things" (hint one is a book and the other a person)
Shakespeare
The Bible
What was the motive for the past crime committed by Mr and Mrs Rogers?
greed/money
When McKay first came to America, what was the reason and where did he start out.
College
The south Tuskeegee Institure
Who was blamed, convicted, and executed for William's murder?
The Maid (Justine)
What was the main reason why Rachel Brown felt so conflicted during the play
Her father was the town Reverend and she is engaged to Bert Cates
Saying that the sun hugs me with its warm rays is an example of ______________-
personification
Agatha Christie is known for being the best selling author of all time after what? (hint one is the book and the other an author)
when we first met Simon what did he do right away and how does this foreshadow his ending on the island?
he faints
later he is exhausted and collapses while trying to reveal the truth and they kill him
In what country did Orwell set the novel, and what was their original anthem called
England
Beasts of England
Dunbar JR High
Mann
While reading the book A Mighty Long Way, you learned that the now LA Dodgers used to be the _________________ Dodgers.
Brooklyn
What was the name of the boat driver who brought them all to the island?
Fred Narracott
The Road Not Taken is often read at what event (hint there is one just like it for you in a few months)
Graduations
Frankenstein was considered part of what two genres of literature
Romantic and Gothic
What was illegal to teach in TN, and what did Brady call it during the trial?
Evolution
Evil-ution
HOT FROSTY or JUMBO SHRIMP are examples of ___________
oxymoron
Which major poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance did we study?
BONUS - name 2 of his poems
Claude McKay
White House
White City
To One Coming North
What was the 'beast from air" and what characters slept through "its" arrival to the island
a dead WWII soldier/pilot
Sam and Eric
What commandment did Napoleon violate after the second battle and what business did this spark his interest in?
He drank a lot of alcohol
Starts to make whiskey/alcohol on the farm
Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, ______________ (name the larger city here) which was in _________________ at the time (name of country), but is now part of ____________________ (name the country)
Transylvania
Hungary
Romania
When Carlotta was in New York, she threw rocks at a man on a bench in the park. Who was that famous person?
Thelonious Monk
Why did Wargrave decide to kill Tony first?
because tony didn't care about his crime and he was never going to be afraid on the island
You all knew one of Frost's poems from a book last year...
Name the poem
Name the Book
Who said that line in the book to whom?
Nothing Gold Can Stay
The Outsiders
Johnny to Ponyboy
Who does Victor tell his whole story to AND where is that person heading when they meet?
Robert Walton and North Pole
Who was the foreman of the jury, and where does he work?
SILLERS
The Feed Store
Hyperbole uses _______________________ for effect
exaggeration
Four authors this year were British, can you name them all (last names are fine)
Agatha Christie
Mary Shelley
William Golding
George Orwell
Who on the island has red hair and what was his role before landing on the island?
Jack
Choir Leader
Benjamin
When Boxer was being taken he read what the truck really said
What was the name of the TV Series based on a famous work on non-fiction that Carlotta watched as a young adult in the 1970s that inspired her to ask her family about their history
Roots