Vocabulary
Knowing this about words can help you determine how it usually functions in a sentence and often helps you understand its meaning (SORTING words into these)
What are PARTS of SPEECH?
Every true sentence will contain these two things (and will hold a complete thought).
What are SUBJECT and PREDICATE (or VERB)?
F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby, used his own experiences in which decade to accurately depict this time in American history.
What are the ROARING TWENTIES (or the Twenties)?
William Shakespeare wrote in the introduction of the play about two of these who fell in love and met a tragic end.
What are STAR-CROSSED LOVERS?
This author bears a striking resemblance to the main character and narrator of the novel, even to her hometown, her early reading ability, and her father's occupation.
Who is HARPER LEE?
In the South, when we really want something or have a persistent desire for it, it's called what?
What is a HANKERING?
A verb that does not show action but demonstrates a relationship between the subject and another word is called this.
What is a LINKING VERB?
This narrator of The Great Gatsby is a midwestern, upper-middle class young man who says he "withholds judgment" of others.
Who is NICK CARRAWAY?
Shakespeare was accused of taking the side of "young love" in Romeo and Juliet, but this categorization of this play would indicate otherwise.
What is a TRAGEDY?
This is the real rape trial in Alabama upon which the plot of To Kill a Mockingbird is based.
What are The Scottsboro Trials?
Not always, but lots of times, descriptive words that end in -ous or -ive are which parts of speech?
What are ADJECTIVES?
The purpose of this type of phrase in a sentence is usually to tell us more about either the subject or the predicate (verb).
What is a PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE?
This symbol is mentioned at the beginning and the end of the book and is representative of hope or unattainable goals.
What is the GREEN LIGHT?
These two adults (who should have known better) "help" and advise the two young lovers in the play - all the way to their unfortunate end.
Who are NURSE and FRIAR LAWRENCE?
This character, not written into the screenplay of the book, is concerned about Scout's clothing and her language.
Who is Aunt Alexandra?
Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird uses this common dialect of the time period rather than proper, standard English grammar.
What is VERNACULAR?
This word (or phrase) RENAMES a subject or object.
What is an APPOSITIVE?
When Tom hits Myrtle and breaks her nose, it is because she has been saying this name.
What is DAISY?
Romeo's female reason for depression at the beginning of the book.
Who is ROSALINE?
This person recommended that the novel be edited to reflect the perspective of this character as the narrator (genius move).
Who is SCOUT FINCH?
Jesus is this to us: He pleads our case before God the Father because of the fact that He died for our sins.
What is our ADVOCATE?
These four PURPOSES tell us what the sentence is DOING.
What are DECLARATIVE, IMPERATIVE, INTERROGATIVE, and EXCLAMATORY?
This person is later found to be lying about everything, but somehow the narrator still finds him fascinating.
Who is GATSBY?
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet accomplish this: they could not accomplish it in life (because they did not try).
What is END the FUED?
Although an innocent Tom Robinson is killed in the book, this additional character is most likely symbolized by the "mockingbird" in the title.
Who is BOO RADLEY?