Vocabulary
Grammar
Speaking and Writing
Speak
Romeo and Juliet and The Odyssey
100
What does tentative mean? She made a tentative decision about which college to attend.
What is unsure?
100
Is this a fragment, run-on, or sentence? To the store to buy a carton of milk.
What is a fragment?
100
All formal essay are written this way. 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
What is 3rd person?
100
These are three characters in the novel Speak.
Who are Melinda, David, Rachel, Mr. Freeman, Heather, Andy Evans (IT)...
100
He wrote The Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
200
What does affiliated mean? Being affiliated with the wrong group of people can get you in trouble.
What is connected, related?
200
Is this a fragment, run-on or sentence? I will study for five hours then I will go to my friend's house.
What is a run-on?
200
This is the sentence containing the main idea of the entire essay.
What is the thesis statement?
200
Speak is written in this point of view.
What is 1st person?
200
This god or goddess helped Odysseus.
Who is Athena?
300
What does adversary mean?
What is enemy or opponent?
300
Mrs. Musser and ( I, me) can't wait for summer vacation.
What is I?
300
This is a sentence used at the beginning of an essay or speech to get the audience interested in your subject.
What is an attention grabber?
300
This is a symbol in Speak.
What is mirror, lips, trees, and closet?
300
William Shakespeare lived here.
What is England?
400
What does alienated mean? Talking behind people's backs will alienate all your friends.
What is isolated?
400
The teacher told ( I, me ) to sit down and be quiet.
What is me?
400
This sentence contains the main point of a single paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
400
This is a sign of Melinda's depression.
What is her grades, her lips, her lack of interest in activities...?
400
Shakespeare lived during this time period.
What is the Elizabethan time period?
500
What does belligerent mean? The policeman arrested the belligerent man at the football game.
What is aggressive?
500
The test was hard for ( I, me), but ( he, him ) said it was easy.
What is me and he?
500
How should a direct quote be formatted? A. "I love final exams" (45). B. "I love final exams." (45) C. "I love final exams (45)".
What is letter A.
500
This is a theme in Speak.
What is speak up and communicate your feelings and emotions? Don't hold things inside.
500
This character carries messages between Romeo and Juliet.
Who is the nurse?
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