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Romeo and Juliet
The Odyssey
Vocabulary
Grammar
Elements of a Story
100
This person dies from his or her grief from the death of his or her son.
Who is Lady Montague
100
The name of Odysseus' wife
Who is Penelope
100
The way plants produce energy through sunlight
What is photosynthesis
100
A verbal ending in -ing used as a noun
What is a gerund
100
A reference to a piece of a literature or history within a writing
What is allusion
200
Romeo's servant
Who is Balthasar
200
When stuck between Scylla and Charybdis, Odysseus chooses to pass which?
What is Scylla
200
A language user's knowledge of vocabulary
What is lexicon
200
A group of related words used a single part of speech, it does not include a verb and it's subject
What is a phrase
200
A character used as the exact opposite of another character, usually the antagonist to a protagonist
What is a foil
300
The climax of the story occurs when?
What is when Romeo kills Tybalt
300
Which plant makes sailors forget their home?
What is the Lotus Plant
300
Cleverly amusing in tone
What is facetious
300
A verb form that is used as an adjective
What is a participle
300
A recurring theme in a story
What is a motif
400
What term is used to describe the lovers in the prologue?
What is "star-crossed"
400
What is the name of the blind profit that warns Odysseus to not harm the cattle of the sun god?
What is Tiresias
400
To divide a political voting area in favor of a certain party
What is gerrymander
400
A noun or pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun used to describe it
What is an appositve
400
Type of language spoken in a particular region
What is vernacular
500
The play lasts how many days.
What is 5 days (Sunday-Thursday)
500
Who transforms Odysseus' sailors into pigs?
Who is Circe
500
To bring under domination or control
What is subjugate
500
A sentence that includes 2 or more independent clauses and 1 or more subordinate clauses
What is a compund-complex sentence
500
A short story sometimes about a real incident that teaches a moral
What is an anecdote