Stuff We Read
PHS English Dept
Punctuation
Vocabulary
100

This state contains the city of Laramie

Wyoming

100

This person teaches World Lit with Mr. Mulrooney

Ms. Chase

100

This goes after the in-text citation at the end of a sentence

Period

100

The definition of nexus

The center or connection between things

200

This program was used to write the essay "Ghosts"

Chat-GPT

200

This is the number of the classroom you are in

226

200

This is used to join independent or dependent clauses, sometimes with a conjunction

Comma

200

This is the definition of perpetual

Continuous, regular, constant 

300

The town where The Secret History takes places

Hampden

300

These English teachers attended UW-Madison

Mrs. Elizondo and Mr. Mulrooney

300

This is used to separate two independent clauses or complex lists

Semicolon

300

This is the definition of pragmatic

Realistic or practical

400

The author of "The Politics of Resentment"

Kathy Cramer

400

This is the number of kids the English teachers collectively have in their families

7
400

This is used to introduce an appositive or list

Colon

400

This is the definition of posit

To claim/state/believe something

500

Example of a word coined as "ZuckTalk"

"Right" and "So"

500

This person is the youngest member of the English Department

Mr. Mulrooney

500

This is used to add emphasis to an element of a sentence

Dash

500

This is the definition of didactic

Instructive

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