Short Stories
Which short story we read could have a theme statement about greed?
"Button, Button"
Name two symbols in Lord of the Flies.
Conch
Fire
Pigs
Facepaint
Beast
What is the difference between the protagonist and the antagonist?
Protagonist: the character that faces the problem in the story
Antagonist: the character(s) that tries to prevent the protagonist from solving their problem.
What are the two ways you can alter a quotations language?
Use brackets ( [] ) and/or ellipses ( . . . )
What Bridgerton star plays Fiyero in the film adaptation of Wicked?
Jonathan Bailey
Name two symbols from "Through the Tunnel"
The beach
The bay
The tunnel
The goggles
The other boys
The bloody nose
What are the names of the two boys who pick on the littluns at the beach (throwing rocks, smashing sand castles, etc).
Maurice & Roger
What is the difference between denotation and connotation?
Denotation: dictionary definition of a word; its literal meaning
True or false: Spoken word and narration never go in the same quotation
True!
Who is the current host of Love Island USA?
Ariana Madix
Where does Miss Moore take the neighborhood kids on a visit to?
NYC toy store
Name this speaker: “I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?”
The lord of the flies
Which LOTF vocabulary word means: anxiety or fear that something bad will happen; fear of the future
Apprehension
What are the three parts of a thesis?
1. Form
2. Function
3. So-what
What famous con artist made headlines when she joined the cast of Dancing with the Stars in 2024?
Anna Delvey
Where did the choice read text options come from? (hint: recall the common theme from each story!)
Hope Nation anthology
In reference to Robert being used as pretend hunt, who says it is "Just a game” (p. 115)?
Ralph
Complete the sentence with a vocabulary word from LOTF: After an afternoon of shoplifting, the two teens exchanged _________ glances and slowly began to panic as the mall security officer approached them in the food court.
Furtive
Explain the quo-par-punc rule and it's exception(s).
Quotation, parentheses (citation), and then punctuation. Example: "Quote" (Golding 55).
Exception: if the punctuation is a ? or an !
What singer famously performed with an albino Burmese python at the MTV Video Music Awards?
Britney Spears
Where do the children from the Veldt return home from to learn that their father plans to shut down the nursery?
County fair/carnival
What simile is used to describe what Piggy looked like when he died?
his body twitched "like a pig's after it has been killed."
What LOTF vocabulary word is a synonym for displeasure, fury, rage
Indignation
Name the four things an introduction paragraph needs in the correct order.
1. Hook
2. T.A.G.
3. Background information
4. Thesis
What singer holds the record for most Grammy nominations?
Beyonce, with 88 nominations.