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Written Conventions
Affixes and Prefixes
Julius Caesar Characters
100
A character type that pops up across all genres of literature, both classic and contemporary.
What is an archetype
100
The main divisions in a play that contain smaller scenes.
What is an Act.
100
A sentence that contains a subject and a verb. Can stand alone.
What is a simple sentence or independent clause
100
A group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning
What is a prefix
100
A literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.
Who is a tragic hero?
200
Another term for a fortune teller
What is a soothsayer
200
A brief summary of the major points of a subject or written work or story. Found at the beginning of an act.
What is a synopsis
200
A sentence that has 2 independent clauses
What is a compound sentence
200
If you take away the prefix from disagree, the root word is agree. True or False?
What is True.
200
One of the main characters of a story who doesn't act like a typical hero and are often a little villainous.
Who is an Anti-Hero.
300
The warning the soothsayer tells Caesar?
What is "Beware the Ides of March"
300
A repeating element which takes on a figurative meaning. It can be an idea, an object, an image, or a word or phrase.
What is a motif
300
After eating lunch at The Cheesecake Factory, Tim went to the gym to exercise. This is what type of sentence.
What is a complex sentence (contains one independent clause and 1 or more dependent clauses).
300
If you take away the prefix and the suffix, what is left of the word 'unemployed'?
What is employ
300
Brutus' fatal flaw?
What is honor and too trusting of others
400
The character who is afraid that Caesar will be made king because it is not good for the people of Rome even though he loves Caesar?
Who is Brutus?
400
One actor speaks independently where that actor is alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy or monologue
400
A conjunction that can join these clauses to make it a compound sentence: "They spoke to him in Spanish, ______ he responded in English."
What is but
400
The prefix that would mean "after the war"
What is post-war
400
Caesar's tragic flaw.
What is arrogance, ambition, or God-Complex
500
The reasons why Caesar does not trust Cassius?
What is he is clever and thinks too much
500
This author wrote many famous plays including "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Hamlet".
Who is Shakespeare!!!!!!!!
500
"After the two soccer players lost their game, they joined their other teammates for lunch, and they went to the movies." Is what type of sentence?
What is a compound-complex sentence (2 independent clauses and at least one dependent clause)?
500
The suffix you would add to the word 'blame' to show you have done nothing wrong
What is "less"
500
Caesar is compared to this giant Ancient Greek Statue
What is Colossus
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