Poets by first line
Parts of an Essay
Plot Structure
Book to Film
Spell it Out "I"
100
He wrote "My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun"
Who is Shakespeare?
100
This is the main point you are arguing in your essay.
What is the thesis statement?
100
The beginning or opening section of a story is called this.
What is the exposition?
100
The main characters are played by Kristen Stewart, Edward Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner.
What is _Twilight_?
100
Mine are M.A.C.
What is I-N-I-T-I-A-L-S?
200
He wrote "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary/ Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore..."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
200
This part includes all of the detail paragraphs.
What is the body?
200
This is the most exciting part of the story, usually where the big fight scene or the big car chase takes place.
What is the climax?
200
Whoopie Goldberg plays Miss Celie, and Oprah Winfrey plays Sofia.
What is "The Color Purple?_
200
When an event is unavoidable, is is said to be this.
What is I-N-E-V-I-T-A-B-L-E?
300
He wrote "Twas brillig, and the slithy toves/ Did gyre and gimble in the wabe..."
Who is Lewis Caroll?
300
A catchy opening sentence is often called this.
What is a hook?
300
This is when a writer suddenly goes back in time to reveal some background information about a character or a plot.
What is a flashback?
300
C. Thomas Howell as Ponyboy Curtis and Ralph Machio as Johnny Cade.
What is _The Outsiders?_
300
Many Americans have different opinions on how to handle this, the entry of people from other countries across our borders.
What is I-M-M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N?
400
He wrote "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood/ And sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood..."
Who is Robert Frost?
400
These are the types of phrases that link the ideas between different body paragraphs.
What are transitional phrases?
400
This is the French word for resolution.
What is denoument?
400
Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter team up again in this film, this time portraying the Mad Hatter and the Red Queen.
What is _Alice in Wonderland?_
400
Someone who is intelligent and a deep thinker is said to be this.
What is I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T-U-A-L?
500
He wrote "It is an Ancient Mariner,/ And he stoppeth one of three,/ 'By thy long gray beard and glittering eye,/ Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?'..."
Who is Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
500
In a research essay, these go inside parentheses and tell your reader the name of the source of a specific piece of information that you have chosen to include.
What are citations?
500
This is the Latin term for when a story begins in the middle of the action.
What is "en medias res"?
500
Robin Wright plays Jennie, and Gary Sinise plays Lieutenant Dan.
What is _Forrest Gump_?
500
An organization or building devoted to a cause, such as a school, a hospital, a prison, or a facility for people with mental disabilities.
What is I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N?