Situational Awareness
Capuchin
In the following sentence, what part of speech is the italicized word and how do you know?
"Proclaim your pride and bitterness loudly to the world..." (LeBret from Cyrano)
Adverb because it describing HOW you would proclaim. Proclaim is the verb.
What plan was created by Christian and Cyrano?
Cyrano would write beautiful letters and Christian would provide good looks in order to win Roxane's heart.
Give an example of an imperative sentence.
Any sentence that is a command. (Go walk the dog. Take out the trash. Be kind to others.)
Why did Roxane appear on the battlefield?
She wanted to apologize to Christian for only loving him for his looks.
What was significant about Roxane's visit to the battlefield?
She brought Ragueneau and they provided food for the troops.
a, an, the
A long speech given by a character to other characters
monologue
What kind of sentence is this?
Interrogative
he was unable to speak of his love for her like he did in his letters.
Stupidity, compromise, cowardice
The imaginary enemies Cyrano fought before dying
Every prepositional phrase must include these two things
a preposition and an object of the preposition
DeGuiche said to use what as a flag during battle?
Roxane's handkerchief
A sentence that makes a statement.
Declarative
What is Roxane's solution to helping DeGuiche extract revenge on Cyrano?
She tells DeGuiche that he should keep Cyrano and Christian home from battle as punishment.
List three settings in this play.
Pastry shop, convent garden, battlefield, theater/hotel
In the following sentence, which part of speech is italicized and how do you know?
The hardworking student turned his homework into the teacher's basket.
object of the preposition. It answers the question "INTO where?"
Cyrano's best friend and the one who could be honest with him about his behaviors.
Le Bret
What two forms of punctuation could come at the end of an imperative sentence?
a period or an exclamation point
How did Roxane convince DeGuiche to go to war?
She told him he needed to be a hero.
It was too dark to read and Cyrano knew all the words from memory.
How Roxane discovered that Cyrano wrote all the letters...not Christian!
Label all parts of speech in this sentence.
A cool breeze swept across the battlefield into the
soldiers' camp.
adj, adj, SN, V, P, adj, OP, P, adj, adj, OP
What was Cyrano trying to tell Roxane when he learned of Christian's death?
Roxane had told Cyrano that she loved Christian, not for his looks, but for his heart. Cyrano was about to tell Roxane everything about his scheme with Christian...but was stopped short after hearing the news of Christian's death.
Stop that thief! (what kind of sentence is this?)
Imperative AND exclamatory
Cyrano pretended to be a crazy person. Where did he pretend he was from? Who was he speaking to? Why was he behaving this way?
Cyrano was trying to distract DeGuiche while Roxane and Christian were having their wedding. He pretended to fall from the moon.