The Great Gatsby
What are the “eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg”?
An eye doctor whose billboard overlooks the road to West Egg
Who says to “Beware the Ides of March,” and what plot device does this warning function as?
Soothsayer, foreshadowing
What is the prepositional phrase:
On the weekends, my family goes camping.
On the weekends
When a scuffle broke out, the commissioner ordered the police to ___________ the crowd.
1. Disperse
2. Esteem
3. Finite
4. Affiliated
Disperse
What is the definition for imagery?
Visually descriptive language
Who narrates The Great Gatsby?
F. Scotts Fitzgerald
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar was based on real events.
True
What is the prepositional phrase:
The children took the test in the auditorium.
The elegantly dressed couple strolled down the boulevard with a ____________ air
1. Converge
2. Nonchalant
3. Affiliated
4. Expunge
2. Nonchalant
What is a stanza?
A group of lines forming the basic metric unit of a poem
What happens to Jay Gatsby at the end of the novel?
He is shot by George Wilson
What is the setting of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar?
Ancient Rome
What is the adverb in this sentence?
Katelyn went to the store monthly to grocery stop.
Monthly
Without the help of many _____________ most charities would be unable to carry out their work.
1. Benefactors
2. Assents
3. Discrepancies
4. Plods
Benefactors
What is an example of Onomatopoeia?
At the end of the novel, how does Nick view Daisy and Tom?
He believed they were careless people who only focused on themselves and money
In Act I, Brutus wrestles with the internal conflicts of _________ and ___________, which explains his initial apprehension (hesitation) to Cassius’s plan.
remaining a loyal friend to Caesar…disagreeing with Caesar becoming king (changing the Republic)
Which sentence has correct puncutation?
I would like to leave early in the morning, therefore: I am going to bed soon.
I would like to: leave early in the morning; therefore, I am going to bed soon.
I would like to leave early in the morning; therefore, I am going to bed soon.
All the above are correct
3. I would like to leave early in the morning; therefore, I am going to bed soon
he manager of the store warned the entire sales force not to be too __________ when helping customers.
1. Ominous
2. Pinnacle
3. Officious
4. Deft
Officious
How many lines are in a quatrain?
4
What literary device is found in the lines below?
Her gray sun-strained eyes looked back at me with polite reciprocal curiosity out of a wan, charming, discon-tented face. It occurred to me now that I had seen her, or a picture of her, somewhere before.
Imagery
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is considered which type of work?
Play
Choose the run-on sentence
Dance is composed of rhythmic movements of the body; persons may always have danced in one form or another.
Ballet is perhaps the best known classical dance it is based on steps developed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The Romantic style was gradually replaced by a more vigorous technique, and it included more jumps and complicated turns.
As the twentieth century progressed, modern dance techniques were included as well, but classical ballet retained its traditional positions.
2. Ballet is perhaps the best known classical dance it is based on steps developed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The short stories of O. Henry are famous for their _________ endings.
1. Ironic
2. Musty
3. Deft
4. Inopportune
Ironic
What is the definition of sound?
Bridging literary with musical