English Potpourri // Grade 11

Writing

100

The name of the sentence that usually appears at the middle or end of the introductory paragraph, often providing a concise summary of the main point or claim of the essay.

Thesis statement

200

Taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as your own.

Plagiarism 

300

Type of figurative language that attributes human characteristics to nonhuman objects. 

Personification

400

Name for the comma used after the "next to last" item in a list of three or more items. 

“Her favorite foods were chocolate, marshmallows, cake and chicken.”  = WITHOUT 

“Her favorite foods were chocolate, marshmallows, cake, and chicken.”  = WITH

Oxford comma

Who Wrote It?

100

The Outsiders 

S.E. Hinton

200

Romeo & Juliet 

William Shakespeare 

300

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

400

The Scarlet Letter 

Nathaniel Hawthorne 

Shakespeare :)

100

Name of the Shakespeare play in which the title character receives a prophecy from three witches that he will one day become the King of Scotland. 

Macbeth 

200

The name of the man who killed Hamlet's father, who also happens to be Hamlet's uncle and natural successor to the throne.

Claudius 

300

The name of the houses in which Romeo and Juliet belonged, respectively. 

Capulet and Montague 

400

The simple rhythmic pattern in which Shakespeare's noble characters typically spoke. Also used in traditional English poetry. 

Iambic Pentameter