Taming of the Shrew
Parts of Speech
MLA
Stories
Misc
100
This person had the job of "taming" Katherine. Today, he would be arrested.
Who is Petruchio?
100
Words like "hunger," "love," and "justice" are this part of speech.
What is a noun.
100
This is what Google isn't.
What is a source?
100
The character who advances the plot in a story.
What is a protagonist?
100
Use the formula "A squared plus B squared equals C squared" to find this.
What is the hypotenuse of a right triangle?
200
This character pretends to be his master in order to help his master woo Bianca.
Who is Tranio?
200
"Is," "are," and "be" are this kind of word.
What is a verb?
200
This is what goes inside the parentheses of a parenthetical citation.
What is the author's last name?
200
The beginning of a story, when you are introduced to the setting and characters.
What is exposition?
200
This is often said to be the only man-made object visible from space; it isn't.
What is the Great Wall of China?
300
This elderly character hoped he was rich enough to marry Bianca. His cake was dough.
Who is Gremio?
300
These words describe verbs.
What is an adverb?
300
You do this to titles of poems, short stories, and articles.
What is put in quotation marks?
300
The end of a story, AKA the denouement.
What is the resolution?
300
If someone says you are blind as one of these, you actually aren't—they can all see.
What is a bat?
400
This character argued with a tailor, wouldn't serve beef without mustard, and didn't want to punch his master.
Who is Gremio?
400
FANBOYS are conjunctions. This is what it stands for.
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So?
400
You do this when hand writing the titles of books, magazines, or websites.
What is underlining?
400
This is when someone says the opposite of what they mean. Sarcasm is a type.
What is verbal irony?
400
This category of animal is considered to be extinct, but technically still exists: birds evolved from them.
What are dinosaurs?
500
This town is the setting for the play.
What is Padua?
500
Add this to the beginning of an independent clause to make it a dependent clause.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
500
Do this to arrange the sources listed on your works cited page.
What is alphabetical order?
500
Name four of the types of conflict.
What is man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, man vs. self, or man vs. fate?
500
It is commonly believed that we only use 10% of this body part. We actually use all of it.
What is the brain?