Class Rules/Expectations
Vocabulary Slides are due on this day, at this time.
What is Sunday at Midnight (11:59pm)?
This is the literary term for when an author alludes to what will happen later on.
What is foreshadowing?
We wrote these evidence-based papers that argued a side for a particular topic
What is an argumentative essay?
This was an entire nine-week unit that covered things like figurative language, rhyme scheme, and theme.
Correct answers earn 1 tally
What is the poetry unit?
This student is no relation to Tim Allen.
Who is Kloe Allen?
The day of a test this is required when a student is not present to make up their missed test.
What is an excused absence?
This author was famously known for writing a story about a man named Eckles who was subsequently killed for disobeying orders from Travis.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
Authors write for these main 3 reasons.
Incorrect answers will lose 2 tallies.
What is to entertain, persuade, and to inform?
Known for using dashes, hyphens, and an alternating rhyme scheme within their works,
Who was Emily Dickinson?
This student's name rhymes with yalor carnes
Who is Taylor Barnes?
Before engaging in this activity, Ms. Griffith asks that something be done first.
What is asking if one can listen to music, text someone, or leave the room (anyone of these will earn credit)?
This literary genre typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life
Incorrect answers will lose 3 talies.
What is science fiction?
This particular approach to writing involves a writer using facts, data, and stats to enhance their message.
Incorrect answers will result in a loss of 2 tallies
What is logos?
Finish the line from the poem: "For I could not Stop for Death ---"
Inccorect answer will lose 3 tallies
What is "He Kindly Stopped for Me"?
These students believe they are the alphas.
Incorrect answers will result in a loss of 1 tally.
Who is Cory Mock, Logen Drummond, and Beckett Camden?
Ms. Griffith makes this a requirement for her students to maintain balance, keep minimal chaos, and ensure safety.
Correct answers will earn 1 tally.
What is staying your seat at all times, even up to the bell?
This character models the common citizen today due to their independent absences and lack of internal drive as a result of the overstimulation and reliance on their surroundings.
Incorrect answers will result in the loss of 2 tallies
Who is Mildred Montag?
Writers won’t tell you everything in a text section. Sometimes you need to figure things out on your own. Using context clues is a must.
Inccorect answers will lose 2 tallies.
What is an inference?
What figurative language is used in the following statement: Allie the cat can communicate calmly to Allie the human.
Correct answers will earn 1 tally
What is alliteration and personification?
This student is in advanced art, works at Zanzis, and is very sweet.
Who is Shayla Robbie?
Name the elements needed to correctly set up almost any written assignment in this class.
Incorrect answers will result in the loss of 3 tallies.
What is my name, teacher's name, English II, and the date you submitted the assignment?
This is a paper written to explain a personal anecdote often about overcoming adversity or experiencing character development.
Incorrect answers will lose a tally.
What is a personal narrative?
During a Tedtalk, we learned about the three models for arguments.
Incorrect answers lose receive 3 tallies
What are arguments as proofs, dialectals, and performances?
3 things that make up a typical Shakespearean sonnet.
Incorrect answers will result in a loss of 1 tally.
What is 14 lines, alternating rhyme scheme, ends in a couplet, and is often about human emotions?
This student is known for having younger sisters, a parent who works in/around the school district, enjoys fashion, debates, singing, and has a competitive side.
Who is Rachel Schenk?