Romeo & Juliet
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
What decade is the novel written and set in?
1960s
"Stay gold, Ponyboy."
Johnny
What is your big, overarching (umbrella) argument called in an essay?
Thesis
Identify the technique: "The wind whispered through the trees."
Personification
Tragedy
What novel did Ponyboy and Johnny read together when they were hiding out in the abandoned church?
Gone With the Wind
"Well, it's two in the morning, kiddo. Another hour and I would have had the police out after you. Where were you, Ponyboy?"
Darry
What are Miss Kummeling's 3 blacklisted words for analytical writing?
Quote, shows, technique
Name the collective noun for at least two of these animals: crows, geese, whales
A gaggle of geese
A pod of whales
Correctly name the surname of each of the protagonists.
Romeo Montague & Juliet Capulet
What is unique about the novel's structure and what does it represent?
Circular structure; it starts the same way it ends. It represents the importance of telling and hearing the stories of those whose stories aren't usually told.
"I don't look like a farm boy."
Ponyboy
Give a one-sentence hyperbolic review of The Outsiders.
Miss Kummeling will be the judge. Hyperbole = over-exaggerated.
What is the genre of The Hunger Games? (not young adult)
Finish this quote and tell me who says it:
"These violent delights..."
"These violent delights have violent ends."
- Friar Lawrence
What is the name of Sodapop's horse?
Mickey Mouse
"There are some people here to see you. Claim to be your brothers or something."
Jerry
What is dramatic irony? Give an example from Romeo and Juliet.
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something the character does not. E.g. When the audience knows Juliet faked her death but Romeo thinks she really died.
Name the novel that begins with this line: It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Name 5 other Shakespeare plays.
COMEDIES
HISTORIES
TRAGEDIES
Approximately many words long is the novel? You must be within a 2000 word window.
48,000 to 50,000 words.
"Boys will be boys."
The farmer who gives Ponyboy and Johnny directions to Jay Mountain.
Correctly spell the technique that mimics the sound that it describes. Starts with O.
Onomatopoeia
What does the Latin phrase carpe diem mean?
Seize the day