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Romeo & Juliet
ELA Miscellaneous
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This four-letter acronym describes the anxiety teens feel about missing out on what's happening online, driving them to constantly check their phones.

FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

100
These government-run schools, which Indigenous children in Canada were forced to attend, separated them from their families and prohibited them from speaking their languages or practising their cultures.
Residential schools
100
Effective horror rarely reveals the monster directly. By hiding the source of danger in shadows, sounds, or suggestion, skilled writers exploit what fundamental human fear?
Fear of the unknown
100
In the play's opening Prologue, the Chorus introduces Romeo and Juliet using this famous phrase, signalling from the very beginning that their love is doomed by fate.
'Star-crossed lovers'
100
This is the term for the overall feeling or atmosphere a piece of writing creates in the reader — eerie, suspenseful, or joyful.
Mood (accept: tone)
200
After spending time scrolling through other people's photos and posts, teens often feel like everyone else's life is more exciting or successful than theirs. This feeling of inadequacy is sometimes called what?
Imposter syndrome (accept: social comparison)
200
This national body released a final report in 2015 with 94 Calls to Action, formally recognizing the harm caused by residential schools and calling on Canadians to pursue reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
200
The horror writing checklist warns against stating 'She was scared.' Instead, writers should use this principle — describing what fear looks like through actions, sensory details, and reactions.
Show, don't tell
200
As he lies dying, this character shouts: 'A plague on both your houses!' — cursing both families for his death. Who is he, and how was he fatally wounded?
Mercutio — Romeo's best friend. He was stabbed by Tybalt while Romeo tried to intervene and stop the fight.
200
In narrative structure, this is the section where complications and tension build toward the climax — between the introduction of the conflict and its highest point.
Rising action (accept: rising tension)
300
Every time you receive a like or notification, your brain releases this chemical — the same one linked to addictive behaviour — which makes it hard to put your phone down.
Dopamine
300
The First Peoples Principles of Learning state that learning must be 'holistic, reflective, experiential, and relational.' According to these principles, all learning is connected to and in service of this.
Relationships and community (the well-being of the self, family, and community)
300
In W.W. Jacobs' 'The Monkey's Paw,' the White family wishes for £200 — and the money arrives. What horrifying event delivers it, and what does this reveal about how the paw works?
Their son Herbert is killed in a workplace accident, and the £200 arrives as compensation. Every wish is granted — but always with a terrible, cruel twist.
300
Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1564, this playwright is widely considered the greatest writer in the English language. His plays have been translated into every major language and are performed more than any other dramatist's.
William Shakespeare (the Bard of Avon / the Bard)
300
A narrator who may be lying to the reader — or to themselves — providing an incomplete or skewed view of events is called this type of narrator.
An unreliable narrator
400
Using social media to repeatedly harass, threaten, or humiliate someone is called this — and unlike in-person bullying, it can follow victims anywhere, including into their own homes.
Cyberbullying
400
In the Diné oral story 'Coyote Brings Fire,' what permanent mark does Coyote carry after stealing fire for the First People — and what does this reveal about the purpose of oral stories?
His tail tip was burned black by the fire. The story teaches cultural values and explains the natural world — oral stories carry knowledge and meaning, not just entertainment.
400
In Walter de la Mare's poem 'The Listeners,' a Traveller knocks at a moonlit house, calls out into silence, then leaves a message for those who never responded. What creates the horror and atmosphere in this poem?
The eerie silence and unseen presence — ghostly 'listeners' can hear but never answer. The dread comes entirely from suggestion and what is never shown, not from anything explicit.
400
Standing on her balcony, Juliet speaks these lines: 'What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.' Who is she talking about, and what argument is she making?
She's talking about Romeo — arguing that his surname 'Montague' is just an arbitrary label and doesn't define who he truly is. Names are meaningless.
400
This literary device involves planting early hints or clues in a story that prepare the reader for events that happen later.
Foreshadowing
500
Researchers identify two modes of using social media. Simply scrolling and lurking without interacting is linked to lower well-being. What is this type called, and what is the healthier alternative?
Passive use (scrolling, lurking, comparing) vs. active use (interacting, creating, connecting with people you know)
500
According to the EFP storytelling readings, when the same Indigenous story is told by different families with slightly different details, one element always stays constant. What is it, and why does this matter?
The theme (and lesson/purpose) stays constant — this shows that oral tradition reliably preserves core cultural knowledge across generations, even as surface details vary between tellers.
500
When a horror story deliberately withholds the truth — leaving the reader uncertain about what the creature was, whether the protagonist survived, or what really happened — the ending is called this. Explain why horror writers often prefer it.
An ambiguous ending. Horror writers prefer it because the imagination is more frightening than any specific answer — the unknown remains more disturbing than anything clearly explained.
500
The Modern Perspective essay describes Romeo's style of loving as modeled on this literary tradition — named after a 14th-century Italian poet — where the lover idealizes an unattainable woman to develop his individual identity.
Petrarchan love / Petrarchism (named after Petrarch / Francesco Petrarca)
500

This is the philosophical study of knowledge itself — how we know what we know, and what counts as valid knowledge — a key term in the EFP unit on Indigenous oral storytelling.

Epistemology