Short Stories
This author wrote "Thank You Ma'am." The author was a poet and short story writer who flourished during the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
Where do Esperanza and her family live?
Where is Chicago?
This is the pattern for an alternate rhyme.
What is ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH?
What is the name of the first person Montag met by the bonfire in Part III?
Who is Granger?
Where did Ms. Guzman go to college?
What is the University of Iowa?
Where does "Thank You Ma'am" take place?
What is Harlem, New York?
What is the style in which this book is written? Chapters, parts, etc...
What is vignette style?
The repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in words within a line of poetry.
What is assonance?
Who began to cry after Montag read poetry in his and Mildred's home?
Who is Mrs. Phelps?
Who wrote the poem "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" which we read as a supplemental text during "The House on Mango Street" unit?
Describe the differences in the schools (Walker Jones vs. Seaton) in "The First Day."
What is Walker Jones is more chaotic and understaffed, Seaton is smaller, more attentive to students, and staffed well?
What is Esperanza's sister's name?
Who is Nenny?
When a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same.
What is end rhyme?
How many legs does the Hound have?
What is eight?
What is the first story we read in English class this year?
What is "The Story of an Hour?"
In "The Yellow Wallpaper," what is the purpose of the narrator's lengthy descriptions of the wallpaper?
What is to showcase the narrator's descent into insanity?
Who makes Esperanza feel ashamed of her house by making her point it out while she is playing on the street?
Who is the nun from her school?
This author wrote "Theme for English B."
Who is Langston Hughes?
Who said the following quote:
"She's nothing to me; she shouldn't have had books. It was her responsibility, she should've thought of that. I hate her. She's got you going and the next thing you know we'll be out, no house, no job, nothing."
Who is Mildred?
What does "1AC" stand for in policy debate?
What is the first affirmative constructive speech?
In "The Story of an Hour," why did Mrs. Mallard suddenly pray for a long life ahead of her, when only yesterday she had shuddered that life might be long? What has changed?
What is her husband died, so she now feels freedom from her marriage. Married women did not have as many rights as single women and widows during this time?
What is the difference between Marin and Alicia?
Marin is concerned with boys and her appearance; Alicia is concerned with her studies and future.
This person wrote "The Lovesong of J.Alfred Prufrock."
Who is T.S. Eliot?
What Shakespearean tragedy does Beatty quote right before his death?
What is Julius Caesar?
Name all of the FANBOYS.
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?