Vocab
The time and place in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
This person wrote the Harry Potter series.
Who is J.K. Rowling?
This Best Actor winner was the first African American to win Oscar for Best Actor.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
Used to end a dramatic sentence or statement.
What is an exclamation point?
These are the Conrad school colors?
What is a blue, yellow/gold, and white?
The third part of plot; the moment of greatest tension or excitement in a story.
What is the climax?
This beloved author wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
Who is Maya Angelou?
This superhero blockbuster became the highest grossing movie of all time in 2019. (It has since lost that title).
What is Avengers: Endgame?
Describes a noun or a pronoun. It tells what kind, how many, or which one.
What is an adjective?
Finish the line: "Life is like a box of chocolates,"
What is "... you never know what you're going to get."
Hints or suggestions that tell you what is going to happen next in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
This playwright and poet wrote Hamlet, Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Set in the 1970s, this movie depicts the origin story of one of the most popular villians.
What is Joker?
Use "there", "they're" & "their" in one sentence.
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This is another way to state the main idea in an essay.
What is a thesis statement?
A sentence made up of two simple sentences joined together.
What is a compound sentence?
In this story a woman is confined to a room where she develops and obsession with the walls.
What is "The Yellow Wallpaper"?
This was the first movie Ice Cube wrote.
What is Friday?
Used to indicate direct speech, i.e. exact words spoken.
What are quotation marks? ("")
This tennis player has won more Grand Slam titles than anyone in history.
Who is Serena Williams?
The standard writing found in fiction and non fiction, usually arranged in paragraphs and complete sentences.
What is prose?
These are the sections in a poem.
What are Stanzas?
This horror film is about a man who will appear after hearing his name said 5 times in a mirror.
What is Candyman?
Used as a subject in a sentence.
What is a noun?
This beloved actor played the lead for Marvel's Black Panther.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?