Titles We've Read In Class
The Author Did that on Purpose
Convince Me
The Art of Language
Grab Bag
100
This underage beauty is a protagonist and the love interest of two men in the play Romeo and Juliet.
Who is Juliet?
100
One example is saying the word dark means evil.
What is connotation?
100
The rhetorical appeal in this advertisement is a good example of it:
What is pathos?
100
One memorable example is this:
"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star crossed lovers take their lives."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
What is alliteration?
100
This is a strong contrast between reality and what is generally expected to happen.
Like at the end of Animal Farm, the pigs become indistinguishable from the humans despite the fact that in the beginning, they claimed to revile the humans and all that they did.
What is irony?
200
The place Montresor lead Fortunato to exact his revenge in the short story "The Cask of Amontillado"?
Where is the Catacomb?
200
When Shakespeare gave Mercutio a carefree attitude and the tendency to disrespect others as a form of humor he was using this literary tool.
What is characterization?
200
You might be tempted to believe that Napoleon truly cared for the other animals of Animal Farm because he said that he did. However......
What is an example of a counterargument?
200
"The sycamore leaves whispered in the little night breeze."
-John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
What is personification?
200
The voice that tells the story.
Who's the narrator?
300
He wrote Of Mice and Men by creating characters and events inspired by those of the Great Depression era.
Who is John Steinbeck?
300
"All that year the animals worked like slaves."
-George Orwell, Animal Farm
What is a simile?
300
Because every strong debater, arguer, prosecutor, defender, and 9th grader in Mrs. Russell's English class knows that you need it to prove your point and demonstrate that your answer is legit.
Why do you Cite Evidence?
300
"All that year the animals worked like slaves."
-George Orwell, Animal Farm
What is a simile?
300
How the story is told: first, second, or third person.
What is point of view?
400
He is a very large and old boar who dies after introducing the animals to the idea of rebellion.
Who is Old Major?
400
In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, we hit this element of the plot when Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife.
What is the climax of a story?
400
Mrs. Russell says that this is what you share as the first line of a body paragraph in an essay. It is also the main point of an argument.
What is a claim?
400
"The Earth is nature's mother and also nature's tomb. Plants are born out of the Earth, and they are buried in the Earth when they die."
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
What is a metaphor?
400
This is the struggle between opposing forces in a story. It can be internal or external. It is the driving force behind the plot.
What is conflict?
500
They are Montressor, Lennie and George, Boxer, and Romeo and Juliet.
Who are protagonists we've read about in class?
500
The overall feeling or atmosphere a piece of writing evokes in the reader, created through elements like setting, imagery, and language choices.
What is mood?
500
This is necessary to help your reader put all the pieces of an argument together. You can't expect the reader to come to the same conclusion as you, so you must include this after you provide some evidence.
What is an explanation?
500
Steinbeck did this when he wrote about Lennie killing a mouse on accident. He just wanted to pet it.
What is foreshadowing?
500
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?