Shakespeare's Background
Romeo & Juliet Quotes
Formatting a Paper
Grammar Geeks
Lit. Terms
100

Name a reason (there are a few) that England was proud during this time period.

What are the many literary works created in England, the expansion of the British Empire, the defeat of the Spanish Armada or becoming a trading power?

100

She said, “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move.”

Who is Juliet?

100

The following items make up this: your name, teacher's name, course title, date.

What is MLA Heading?

100

This is the described as the doer of the sentence.

What is the subject?

100

This occurs when the author gives the reader hints of what is to come later in the story. It's usually bad things.

What is foreshadowing?

200

All the roles in Shakespeare's plays were played by...

Who are men?

200

He said, “No, ‘tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but ‘tis enough, ‘twill serve. Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.”

Who is Mercutio?

200

For this to be correct, it requires both the student's last name and the page number.

What is the MLA header?

200

This part of the sentence includes the verb and everything else that follows.

What is the (complete) predicate?

200

This is the term that describes writing that appeals to the senses--smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing.

What is (sensory) imagery?

300

The number of plays Shakespeare is credit with writing.

What is 38?

300

He said, "If ever you disturb our streets again,/ Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."

Who is Prince Escalus?

300

Requirements such as 12 pt. font Times New Roman, double spacing, a header, a heading, 1-in.  page margins, parenthetical citations, and a Works Cited page are all parts of this kind of formatting.

What is MLA?

300

This is NOT a complete sentence as it lacks the necessary subject, object, verb, or clause for it to be one.

What is a fragment?

300

This is the technical word for the order of words in a sentence.

What is syntax?

400

Shakespeare's baptism date.

What is April 26, 1564?

400

He said, “Art thou a man? Thy form cries out thou are;/ Thy tears are womanish; they wild acts denote/ The unreasonable fury of a beast -- "

Who is Friar Laurence?

400

This part of a paper must start on its own separate page, have a title, and each entry must have a hanging indentation.

What is a Works Cited page?

400

"When I went to the store with my mom" is an example of this.

What is a dependent clause?

400

This is the term for lines spoken "quietly" that are not heard by all the characters.

What is an aside?

500

Shakespeare's death date.

What is April 23, 1616?

500

He said, “Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast,/ Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change;/ Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corpse/ And all things change them to the contrary.”

Who is Lord Capulet?

500

For the journal article "Learning to Love" by Louie Carlson found on the website for the newspaper the New York Times, this is what would be in the parenthetical (in-text) citation.

What is the author's last name? What is Carlson?

500

Adding one of these to an independent clause makes it into a dependent clause.

What is a subordinating conjunction?

500

This term identifies a contrasting character to the main character; helps emphasize characteristics by comparison.

What is a foil?

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