Oedipus, the King
This is why the ancient Greeks originally wrote plays.
They wanted to honor the festival god, Dionysus.
This is another word for a thief.
Brigand
The main point of your essay; starts with the words "I believe" and then ends with three reasons; the three reasons serve as reasons for the body paragraphs of your essay.
thesis statement
What are the nouns in the following paragraph? (Hint: there are 9)
Frozen II was such a good movie! Olaf was even funnier in this one, mainly because his jokes were based in real life. My favorite quote was "My theory that advancing technology will lead to our doom?"
Frozen II, movie, Olaf, jokes, life, quote, theory, technology, doom
Define subject.
What the sentence is about.
At the beginning of the play, the city is suffering from this.
Plague, famine, death
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! This word means "profitable" or "likely to make money"
lucrative
These are the three things that belong in an introduction paragraph of your essay.
Hook, restate prompt/insert counterclaim, thesis
What are the adjectives in the following paragraph? (Hint: there are 5; I will accept 4)
Frozen II was such a good movie! Olaf was even funnier in this one, mainly because his jokes were based in real life. My favorite quote was "My theory that advancing technology will lead to our doom?"
good, funnier, this*, real, favorite
*technically a pronoun, but used in this paragraph as an adjective
What the subject is doing or its state of being.
This is the name of the blind prophet who reveals the truth to Oedipus.
Tiresias
This is another word for "extremely angry"
irate
This is the name of the sentence that begins your body paragraphs.
Topic sentence
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! What are the pronouns in the following paragraph?
Frozen II was such a good movie! Olaf was even funnier in this one, mainly because his jokes were based in real life. My favorite quote was "My theory that advancing technology will lead to our doom?"
his, my (x2), our
What is the subject and predicate of the following sentence?
In the beginning of the movie, Elsa and Anna are little girls.
Subject: Elsa and Anna
Predicate: are
This is what disturbs Oedipus about Jocasta's story of Laius' death.
Oedipus realizes that he once killed a group of men at a place where three highways meet
This is another word for "not living" or "without life"
inanimate
These are words like "first," "to begin," "next," and "finally."
transition words
What are the verbs in the following paragraph?
Frozen II was such a good movie! Olaf was even funnier in this one, mainly because his jokes were based in real life. My favorite quote was "My theory that advancing technology will lead to our doom?"
was (x2), were based, was, will lead
What is the subject and predicate of the following sentence?
The movie gives backstory about where Elsa's powers originate.
Subject: movie
Predicate: gives
This was the shepherd's relationship to Oedipus.
He was both the man who witnessed Oedipus kill Laius and the man who was tasked with leaving baby Oedipus on Mt. Cithaeron.
This word means "to make up for"
atone
These are the parts of a conclusion paragraph.
1.) Restate thesis
2.) Summarize body paragraphs
3.) Call to action
What are the adverbs in the following paragraph? (Hint: there are 3; I will accept 2)
Frozen II was such a good movie! Olaf was even funnier in this one, mainly because his jokes were based in real life. My favorite quote was "My theory that advancing technology will lead to our doom?"
such, even, mainly
What is the subject and predicate of the following sentence?
Watch the movie and see if you can predict who the bad guy really is.
Subject: you
Predicate: watch, see