Vocab
A comparison using like or as
Simile
Where does the comma go?
I love my sweet playful dog.
I love my sweet, playful dog.
The name of the story where the man vowed revenge and locked his frenemy in the catacombs
Name of the two feuding families
Montagues and Capulets
First person to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
a figure of speech where nonhuman things are given human characteristics
Fix the sentence:
He played basketball with his friends he is a better player.
He played with his friends; he became a better player.
Give a brief description of the story "The Necklace".
"The Necklace" is a story about a young woman who becomes incredibly old and weathered when she borrows a piece of jewelry, which she loses, and has to work for 10 years to replace. It turns out it is a piece of costume jewelry, worth very little.
Names of the characters who die in Act 3
Mercutio and Tybalt
Egg-laying mammal has a paddle-shaped tail, a sleek body covered in dense fur, a wide, flat bill, and big webbed feet?
Platypus
alliteration
a piece of a sentence that is not necessary to the meaning of a sentence, but adds meaning to a sentence; set off by commas
nonrestrictive clause
Name of the main character in "Thank You, Ma'am"
Romeo's punishment for violating Prince's rules
Banishment
Largest country in the world
Russia
a word free from limitations or qualifications
absolute
Where does the semicolon go?
She went to the beach she was tired when she came home.
She went to the beach; she was tired when she came home.
A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
Foreshadowing
Name of the girl Romeo was in love with at the start of the play
Rosaline
Name of a baby owl
Owlet
a verb form that can be used as an adjective
participle
Where does a semicolon go in a sentence?
Between two independent clauses
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
dramatic irony
Year the play was released
1597
The dot over a lowercase letter "I" called
A tittle