English Literature
This book, published in the 1830s, details an outsider's view of early American society and government.
Democracy in America
This type of diction makes a reader hear what they heard, see what they saw, smell what they smelled, etc.
Sensory
From The Great Gatsby - Juicy
Succulent
This was the first location in Japan that the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb.
Hiroshima
Back in the early 2000s, a common slang term was "chillax" - what two words does this combine?
Chill + Relax
This play, written in the 1900s, follows the trials and tribulations of John Proctor during 1692.
The Crucible
This rhetorical technique is when a writer uses opposite concepts to reinforce an idea
Antithesis
From The Scarlet Letter - payment or income
Emolument
This took place in Massachusetts - 1692
What's the difference between the UK and England?
The UK includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
This short story, written by Edgar Allan Poe, explains what happens when you make fun of someone's family name.
Cask of Amontillado
This is a part of a body paragraph where the writer explains how the evidence relates back to the purpose in the thesis.
Synthesis
From our Poe study: Clothing
Habiliments
Thomas Paine was carried from his boat by this man, also a Founding Father
Ben Franklin
This is the only planet that spins clockwise
Venus
This famous Transcendentalist says, "If you want to see me again, look for me under your boot soles."
Walt Whitman
John Smith went to the store to buy some apples. What part of speech is the bolded word?
Definite article
From our Poe study: To get away without punishment
Impunity
Abraham Lincoln spoke at this battlefield where he dedicated the location as a national cemetery.
Gettysburg
The first person ever processed at Ellis Island was a 15 year old girl from WHAT country?
Ireland
This Lost Generation writer captured the essence of the Modern Period in his "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
T.S. Eliot
What is an Oxford comma?
A comma that separates the second item in a list of three from the and/or.
I like bats, hats, and cats.
From "The Black Cat" : Position of power
Ascendancy
Harlem Renaissance
The Pope