Grammar
Inherit the Wind
Animal Farm
Twelfth Night
Literary Terms
100

What three things must an independent clause contain?

subject, predicate, complete thought

100

During what decade did the famous Scopes Monkey trial take place?

1920's

100

What is an allegory?

A story that has a secondary meaning, usually something historical and/or political.

100

How do you know if a Shakespearean play is a comedy or a tragedy?

In a comedy, all the main characters get married. in a tragedy, most/all of the main characters die.

100

Name two different types of external conflict.

person v. person

person v. society

person v. nature/fate

200

What's the difference between a clause and a phrase?

A clause has both a subject and a predicate, and a phrase does not.

200

What's the difference between a traditionalist and a modernist?

Traditionalists prefer things unchanged/the way they've been. Modernists welcome change in the form of new ideas/behaviors.

200

What non-fiction essay did Orwell write about his experiences as an Imperial policeman in Burma?

"Shooting an Elephant"

200

Why did Viola initially decide NOT to try and work in Lady Olivia's household?

She heard Olivia was in mourning for her brother and father, and was not taking visitors.

200

What's the difference between flashback and foreshadowing?

Flashback is a reference to the past, and foreshadowing is a reference to the future.

300

Name all seven FANBOYS conjunctions, that can link together two independent clauses.

For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

300

Which character was more dynamic: Rachel Brown or Drummond?

Rachel Brown.

300

Which animal came up with the idea for Animal Farm before he died?

Old Major.

300

Which character remained unmarried at the end of the play: Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, or Sebastian?

Sir Andrew.

300

In a narrative arc, what comes after the climax?

The resolution/falling action/denouement

400

What type of conjunction, when put at the start of an independent clause, turns it into a dependent clause?

A subordinate conjunction. 

400

Who said this? :

"All motion is relative. Perhaps it's you who've moved away by standing still."  

Drummond (to Brady)

400

By the end of the book, what is the only remaining commandment?

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

400

Who said this, and about whom did they say it?: 

"How now? Even so quickly may one catch the plague?"

Olivia about Cesario.

400

What is dramatic irony?

When the audience (or reader) knows something that the characters do not know.
500

What type of sentence is this: simple, compound, or complex?

Since I stopped eating sugar, my life has become far healthier and far less happy. 

Complex.

500

Who said this:

"Cynical? That's my fascination. I do hateful things, for which people love me, and loveable things for which they hate me."

Hornbeck

500

Who said this:

"I have no wish to take life, not even human life."

Boxer

500

Who said this and to whom did they say it?:

"Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?"

Sir Toby to Malvolio

500

What is hyperbole?

Over-exaggerated language.

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