Unlike BEN which means GOOD, these three letters begin with an M are often used as a prefix or root that means BAD or EVIL.
What is MAL ?
100
The death, demise, or ruin of a tragic hero in a tragedy
What is CATASTROPHE
100
When you encounter a word you do not know and have to figure it out, you could first look to see if the word reminds you of any other words. Then you could look at other words near it in the same or neighboring sentences for hints. (Two word term, both begin with a C)
What are CONTEXT CLUES?
100
When not using scholarly databases, the most reliable file extensions found on a URL end with one of these.
What is .EDU or .GOV (If you have to pick, choose .edu)
100
His shooting Candy's old dog is an example of rising action; it also helps to foreshadow George's action at the end of the novel. (Looking for a character's name)
Who is CARLSON?
200
MOROSE, DEJECTED, DEPRESSED are all synonyms for this three letter word.
What is SAD?
200
Repetition of beginning CONSONANT SOUNDS as in "babbling brook" is one term you need, and the other is repetition of internal VOWEL sounds such as in "mad hatter"
What are ALLITERATION and ASSONANCE?
200
Literary period most closely associated with Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
What is NATURALISM
200
Even if you create a proper Works Cited and use parenthetical citations, if you only change one or two words in each sentence and do not take OWNERSHIP of the information, you are at risk of this academic NO-NO.
What is PLAGIARISM?
200
Curley and Tybalt are examples of this.
What are ANTAGONISTS?
300
When you add this two letter suffix to an adjective, it becomes an adverb that modifies a verb.
What is --LY ?
300
This is the main character and could be used to describe GEORGE or ROMEO, but technically NOT Juliet or Lennie. Weird, huh?
What is PROTAGONIST?
300
This is the pattern of stress in blank verse (iambic pentameter, found in most sonnets and much of Romeo and Juliet). It can be coded using a U shaped symbol and a /.
What is ta DA / ta DA / ta DA / ta DA / ta DA
or what is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable ?
300
TWO ways to show documentation or acknowledge sources
What are WORKS CITED and
INTERNAL (or PARENTHETICAL) citations?
300
Event that changes the direction of a story, follows rising action and goes before falling action?
What is the CRISIS, CLIMAX, or TURNING POINT?
400
SOLO, SOLOIST, SOLILOQUY, SOLITUDE, SOLITAIRE
What are words containing SOL? (which means ALONE, ONE, or BY ONESELF)
400
This is a fourteen lined poem with an alternating rhyme pattern, ten syllables to a line, and ends with a rhyming couplet. Shakespeare wrote over 150 of them!
What is a SONNET?
400
Each tragic hero, such as Romeo, has one or more of these.
What is TRAGIC FLAW
400
The following four phrases or fragments are this type of clause:
Because the game was rained out
In order to clear her schedule
When the rain stopped
To see the funnel cloud
What is DEPENDENT?
400
This is the theatre most commonly associated with Shakespeare.
What is the Globe theatre?
500
This five letter suffix has two Os and ends in Y. It contains a word part meaning WORD, and means "field of study" or "academic subject" (that one can study)
What is --OLOGY
500
You look at the last word in each line to see how it sounds. The first letter is always A. If the sound changes, it gets a new letter.
What is HOW DO YOU DETERMINE RHYME SCHEME?
500
UNrhymed (usually, although Shakespeare breaks this rule a lot) IAMBIC (ta DA) PENTAMETER (five sets for a total of ten syllables) has another name. (Hint: two words, initials B_______ V________.)
What is BLANK VERSE
500
The purpose of an essay or research paper, usually found in the last sentence of the introduction
What is the THESIS?
500
Lennie killing Curley's wife is an example of this