Animal Farm
Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee
Macbeth
Sonnets
Argumentative Writing
100

This pig gradually takes control and becomes a dictator.

Who is Napoleon?

100

"I will fight no more forever" is a quote from this Native American leader.

Who is Chief Joseph?

100

She calls on spirits to “unsex” her and later goes mad.

Who is Lady Macbeth?

100

This device gives human qualities to non-human things.

What is personification?

100

This sentence states the main claim or position of the essay.

What is the thesis statement?

200

This character speaks in slogans and represents the easily manipulated masses.

Who is Sheep (or you can accept "the sheep")?

200

This location was the site of Custer’s last stand.

What is the Little Bighorn River?

200

Macbeth is finally killed by this character.

Who is Macduff?

200

The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is this.

What is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG?

200

A question asked to make a point, not to get an answer.

What is a rhetorical question?

300

“All animals are equal, but...” Finish the quote.

What is "...some animals are more equal than others"?

300

One major theme of the book is the loss of this.

What is Native American land or culture?

300

Banquo is murdered because Macbeth fears this.

What is the prophecy about Banquo’s descendants becoming kings?

300

The "turn" or shift in a sonnet’s argument is called this.

What is a volta?

300

Presenting only one side of an argument can be an example of this logical fallacy.

What is bias (or one-sided argument)?

400

Animal Farm is an allegory for this historical event.

What is the Russian Revolution?

400

This quote sums up the U.S. government's view toward Native lands: “Manifest ______.”

What is Destiny?

400

This symbol is associated with guilt throughout the play.

What is blood?

400

Shakespeare’s sonnets often question the power of this over beauty.

What is time?

400

This part of the writing process comes after drafting and involves improving clarity and argument.

What is revision?

500

The pigs drinking alcohol symbolizes this.

What is their descent into human-like corruption?

500

This spiritual movement gave hope to many tribes, but terrified U.S. authorities.

What is the Ghost Dance?

500

Macbeth’s downfall is caused by this tragic flaw.

What is ambition (or unchecked ambition)?

500

In many sonnets, Shakespeare implies that poetry can do this for his subject.

What is immortalize them? (Make them live forever)

500

This type of source is peer-reviewed and published.

What is a scholarly source (or academic source)?