Paper 1 Terms
Identify the literary feature:
[from: “if a cheerfulest Elephantangelchild” by e.e. cummings]
on a proud round cloud in a white high night
assonance
SPELL the last name of the author of Hamlet.
S-h-a-k-e-s-p-e-a-r-e
Where was August Wilson born and raised?
(In what city?)
Pittsburgh, PA
Who wrote Sing, Unburied, Sing?
Jesmyn Ward
JANUARY
President Trump created something called DOGE. What does DOGE stand for?
Department of Government Efficiency
Name the four grading criteria categories for a Paper 1.
A—Understanding/Interpretation,
B—Analysis/Evaluation,
C—Focus/Organization,
D—Language
What was the name of Hamlet’s friend from school who is loyal to him through the end of the play?
Horatio
What is the last line of the play, spoken by Gabe after blowing his horn?
“That’s the way that go!”
What is the name of the prison?
Parchman [Farm]
FEBRUARY
What album won the Album of the Year Grammy?
Cowboy Carter, Beyonce
What is an enjambed line of poetry?
When meaning crosses from one line to the next; opposite of an “end-stopped line”.
Who is Polonius’s son?
Laertes
What is the name of Troy’s boss?
Mr. Rand
Pop and Mam live in a fictional town called…
Bois Sauvage, Mississippi
MARCH
What movie won Best Picture at the Academy Awards?
Anora
Spell
[the word that means a word that makes the sound of the word it defines]
...BACKWARDS
a-i-e-o-p-o-t-a-m-o-n-o
Describe Ophelia’s death.
Gathering flowers, on a branch of a tree leaning over a stream, branch broke, she sang as her wet clothes pulled her under the water.
What was Bono’s first name?
Jim
What is the name of the lawyer they sell meth to?
Al
MAY
A new Pope is elected. What name did he take as Pope?
Pope Leo XIV
What term is defined as “a word used to describe pleasant sounds words make”?
euphony
What is Polonius’s last line in the play?
"O, I am slain!"
Gabriel moved out and went to live with whom?
Miss Pearl
What’s the name of the dog who hangs around the neighborhood?
Casper
JUNE
A gunman, pretending to be a police officer, shot and killed State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, in which state?
Minnesota
What literary term comes from the Latin word for hiss or whistle?
[Ex: Swiss cheese is a sassy sis.]
sibilance
What is Hamlet’s last line (except for “O, O, O, O!”)? Famous four words.
“...the rest is silence.”
Who won the World Series in 1957?
Milwaukee Braves
What is the last word of the novel?
"Home."
AUGUST
The news network MSNBC changed its initials to what?
MS NOW
What term is a “a lament or expression of sadness written for the death or permanent loss of someone”?
elegy
Who says the first line of the play, “Who’s there?”
Bernardo
What is Old Blue doing up in heaven?
treeing possums
Who was in charge of the dogs in the prison, taught the dogs not to follow him, and then escaped?
(He was based on a real historical figure.)
Kinnie Wagner
DECEMBER
Netflix agreed to spend more than $70 billion purchasing the film and streaming businesses of what company?