Grammar
Is following is a simple, compound, or complex sentence?
Since the test was difficult, many students stayed after school for help.
Complex
Since is a subordinating conjunction that creates a dependent clause. The comma combines the dependent clause with an independent clause.
This democratic socialist was inspired by the events of the Russian Revolution and the corruption of communism that followed. After WWII, he wrote the cautionary allegorical novella, Animal Farm, to warn his British fellow- citizens about the dangers of Soviet Russia and Stalinism.
Who is: George Orwell
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”
Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird
Square
What is conventional or conformist (1960s)
Titania might be the "Queen of the Fairies," but this woman is known as "The Queen of Soul."
Aretha Franklin
What type of run-on sentence is the following:
Atticus Finch is an integral Lawyer, he valiantly defended Tom Robinson.
Comma splice
The comma must be followed by a coordinating conjunction.
Scout and Jem Finch grow up in the poor but proud farming town of Maycomb Alabama. While fictional, Harper Lee designed Maycomb to mirror her small impoverished town of sharecroppers during THIS economic era in American history. Think dustbowl.
-The Great Depression
“What fools these mortals be!”
Puck, Act 3 Scene 2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Gnarly
Used to describe something that’s impressive, cool, or amazing. It originally came from surfer culture. (1980s)
At the end of Animal Farm, the animals would have loved the pop-rock anthem "Revolution" by this popular boy band.
The Beatles
Revise the following sentence so that it is grammatically correct:
Shakespeare’s influence permeates modern storytelling countless films, novels, and plays borrow elements of his narrative structure and characterization.
Possible answers:
1) Shakespeare’s influence permeates modern storytelling; countless films, novels, and plays borrow elements of his narrative structure and characterization. (Compound)
2) Shakespeare’s influence permeates modern storytelling since (or because) countless films, novels, and plays borrow elements of his narrative structure and characterization. (Complex)
3) Because Shakespeare’s influence permeates modern storytelling, countless films, novels, and plays borrow elements of his narrative structure and characterization. (Complex)
4) Shakespeare’s influence permeates modern storytelling, and countless films, novels, and plays borrow elements of his narrative structure and characterization. (Compound)
This literary genre is home to Orwell's Animal Farm, Lois Lowry's The Giver, and Ray Bradbury's short story "The Pedestrian." It tends to serve a cautionary purpose, showing its readers how bad things could get in their own society if things don't change.
What is dystopian, dystopian fiction, or dystopia
"I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right"
Boxer from Animal Farm
Tuff
Used to describe someone who is tough, cool, or strong. It’s a term of admiration for someone with a bold attitude. (1950s)
This man was the US president when Harper Lee first published To Kill a Mockingbird and was assassinated three years later.
John F. Kennedy Jr. (JFK)
Read and revise the following response. Then, make revisions to make it grammatically correct:
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 he lived during the Elizabethan era which influenced his writing style. He married Anne Hathaway when he was just 18 years old they had three children together. Shakespeare moved to London to pursue theater and he quickly became known for his talent. He wrote many famous plays and his work is still performed around the world people consider him the greatest writer in the English language. Some of his most well-known works include Romeo and Juliet Hamlet and Macbeth these plays explore deep emotions and complex themes. He helped shape the English language he even invented many words and phrases we still use today. Shakespeare was also an actor he performed in many of his own plays at the Globe Theatre. His writing includes both tragedies and comedies and he often mixed the two to create more realistic stories. He died in 1616 but his legacy continues to grow scholars and students study his work every year. Although he lived more than 400 years ago Shakespeare's stories still feel relevant they teach us about love power ambition and human nature.
Answers may vary.
This literary giant was born in Stratford upon Avon and produced works for the Globe Theatre, which can still be visited today.
William Shakespeare
“If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!”
Jonas from The Giver
Wassup
Another version of "What’s up?" Popularized by a Budweiser commercial in the '90s. (1990s)
This major technological device gained major popularity over a 7 year period in the 1950's. Leonard Mead couldn't escape it's light.
Television
Read the following paragraph and revise for run-ons using a red or green pen. You may also make notes in the margins. For each sentence, identify above or in the margins if it is simple, compound, or complex.
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a whimsical comedy that explores themes of love confusion and transformation it takes place in ancient Athens and a mystical forest filled with fairies and magical creatures. The play begins with a love triangle where Hermia is in love with Lysander but her father wants her to marry Demetrius who is also loved by Helena and the young lovers flee into the woods to escape their problems. Meanwhile a group of amateur actors are preparing a play for the Duke’s wedding and they also venture into the forest where they unknowingly become involved in the magical chaos. The fairy king Oberon and the mischievous Puck use a magical flower to manipulate the humans’ emotions but their plan goes awry causing people to fall in love with the wrong partners. Oberon seeks to punish his queen Titania so he casts a spell that makes her fall in love with a man who has been transformed to have a donkey’s head and this man is one of the actors named Bottom. The tangled web of love and mistaken identities creates a series of humorous misunderstandings and emotional outbursts that are only resolved when the magic is reversed and order is restored. Eventually all the lovers are paired correctly and the Duke’s wedding proceeds with joy and celebration. The actors perform their play which is ridiculous and entertaining and the entire story ends with a sense of harmony and peace. The fairies bless the marriages and Puck ends the play by asking the audience to forgive the strange tale if they were offended and to think of it as a dream. The play blends fantasy and reality in a way that shows how irrational and powerful love can be even when it leads to confusion and chaos.
Answers may vary.
Orwell uses a literary device in Animal Farm that is featured in fables, myths, and origin story legends wherein animals and their conflicts are used to symbolize a contemporary or universal human experience.
Allegory
“Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."
YOLO
Used to justify doing something risky or spontaneous, with the idea that you only have one life to live. (2010s)
This man received numerous prestigious honors, including four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. Being quoted by Barack Obama, Homer Simpson, the Beatles, and in the 1989 film Dead Poet's Society, he set the stage for taking "the road less traveled."
Who is Robert Frost