Who Said It?
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Who is Patrick Henry?
This author wrote The Great Gatsby.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
The central message or insight about life that an author communicates through a work.
What is theme?
This document, written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, declared the American colonies' independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This website gives students access to their current average and current assignment schedule.
What is Canvas?
“Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.”
Who is Abigail Adams?
This author wrote “The Raven” and is associated with Dark Romanticism.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
This author is famous for poems such as “The Raven.”
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
When students have submitted their essays through turnitin.com, what are they expected to bring to class the following day?
What is a hard copy of their essay?
“I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
This author wrote Walden and “Self-Reliance” is associated with this author's movement.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
A comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
This literary movement celebrated African American art, music, poetry, and literature in the 1920s and 1930s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
According to the syllabus, written assignments have this many days of grace after the original due date before receiving a zero.
What is one day?
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”
Who is William Ernest Henley?
This author wrote “I, Too” and was a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
A literary technique in which an object, person, place, or event represents a larger idea.
What is symbolism?
This author wrote “I Have a Dream” and was a major leader of the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
According to the syllabus, students who earn an A in English 11 may advance to this course.
What is English 12 Honors?
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This author wrote The Things They Carried and the story “On the Rainy River.”
Who is Tim O’Brien?
A contradiction between what a character or audience expects and what actually happens.
What is irony?
This literary movement emphasized nature, individualism, and self-reliance.
What is Transcendentalism?
Name three electronic devices or technologies that are prohibited during school hours according to the syllabus.
What are cell phones, smart watches, tablets, Meta glasses, and Airpods?