English Dept @ Nido
Pre-IB English
Shakespeare
Lang & Lit Texts
Words of the Day
100
Every HS English teacher at Nido majored in this subject in university. 

What is English?

100

This is where most of The Catcher in the Rye takes place.

What is New York City?

100

This is the "shrew" in The Taming of the Shrew.

Who is Katherina?

100

The enigmatic pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation.

Who is Banksy?

100

very talkative

What is loquacious?

200

This English teacher might possibly perhaps maybe speak with the lowest modality.

Who is Ms. Killion?

200

He was the writer of The Catcher in the Rye.

Who is JD Salinger?

200

This is where Romeo & Juliet takes place. 

What is Verona?

200

The protagonist of 1984

Who is Winston Smith?

200

the defining spirit or mood of an era

What is zeitgeist?

300

The total # of HS English teachers at Nido.

What is 6?

300

The protagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Who is Scout?

300

Name TWO of the prophecies the witches tell Macbeth.

He will be king, he will be thane of Cawdor, Banquo's sons will be king, no man born of a woman can harm him, beware of Macduff, he's safe until the woods move to his castle.

300

The antagonist in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Who is Nurse Ratched? 

300

to accept reluctantly but without protest

What is acquiesce? 

400

This former English teacher at Nido spoke with high modality, had a remarkable memory, and loved Coca Cola and Cheezits. 

Who is Mr. Dent?

400

The name of the 10th grade research project in English class.

What was the Purpose Project?

400

This is Othello's wife's name.

Who is Desdemona? 

400

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as a political allegory to critique this phenomenon of political repression called ... 

What is McCarthyism? 
400

The definition of chide.

What is to scold or rebuke?

500

The former head of the English department before Mr. Branch.

Who is Ms. Crosbie?

500

Name 1 short story you read during the short story unit in 10th grade.

500

This is the name of the drunk poor man who is tricked into thinking he's a king in the beginning of The Taming of the Shrew.

Who is Christopher Sly?

500

This was Milkman's real name.

Who is Macon Dead III?

500

another word for cheap.

What is tawdry?