English 9 stuff
What are the 3 main parts of a paragraph?
Thesis/topic sentence, evidence, and analysis
Where does the Works Cited page go?
At the end of the essay
Where do Romeo and Juliet first meet?
The Capulet's party at their home
What is the main character's full name?
Guy Montag
Which of your English teachers is from Lubbock, Texas?
Ms. Clifton!
What are the two required components of a clause?
A subject & a verb.
Short story!
Who kills Tybalt in Act 3, scene 1?
Romeo
How did fire chief Beatty die?
Montag set the fire hose on him and he burned to a crisp.
Which of your English teachers has a library degree?
Ms. Polly!
Langston Hughes ("Thank you, Ma'am", "Mother to Son")
Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451, "The Pedestrian")
William Shakespeare ("Sonnet 130", Romeo & Juliet)
When using a piece of evidence, where does the in-text citation belong?
At the end of the sentence that contains the evidence.
What is the name of the character that always tried to keep the peace?
Benvolio
What happened to the main character's wife when we were first introduced to her?
She overdosed on sleeping pills and had to have her stomach pumped.
Who has two brothers and is the middle child?
Ms. Polly!
What are the components of a compound sentence?
independent clauses connected with either a semicolon or a comma/FANBOYS
What goes in the heading on the first page of your essay?
Name, teacher name, class, and date
How do Romeo and Benvolio find out about the Capulet party in the play?
A Capulet servant asks them if he can read the invite list, not knowing they are Montagues.
What is the significance of the title Fahrenheit 451?
It is the temperature in which paper burns, and the novel is about people burning books.
Who had a hedgehog as a childhood pet?
Ms. Clifton!
Which poem type contains five 3-line stanzas and a final quatrain AND has the first and third lines in the first stanza alternating in the following stanzas?
A villanelle
What punctuation is acceptable to keep at the end of a piece of evidence?
An exclamation point or a question mark
Who dies in the actual play of "Romeo & Juliet" but isn't shown in the 1996 movie adaption?
Paris and Lady Montague
What is the name of the professor that helped the main character escape?
Professor Faber
Which of your English teachers was upset her mom didn't give her a taste of what she thought was a smoothie when she was a kid?
Ms. Clifton :)