We Should Totally Just Stab Caesar!
Facing the Elements: Short & Sweet
Parts of Speech
Et tu, Brute? More Caesar
Random, baby
100

Died by swallowing hot coals

Who is Portia? 

100

The five parts of plot.

What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?

100

Any noun not referring to a specific thing, place, or idea. 

What is a common noun? 

100

The most noble Roman of them all. 

Who is Brutus?

100

This character is stoned to death at the annual Lottery.

Who is Tessie Hutchinson? 

200

Cold-blooded from the start; convinces Brutus to join him. 


Who is Cassius?

200

The appearance of being true or real. 

What is verisimilitude? 
200

Describes nouns and pronouns

What is an adjective? 

200

Denied the crown thrice. 

Who is Julius Caesar? 

200

Author of classic works such as The Haunting of Hill House and "The Lottery".

Who is Shirley Jackson? 

300

Poet killed for his name.

Who is Cinna? 

300

A character who does not change. 

What is a static character? 

300

Describes a verb, adjective, or another _______

What is an adverb? 

300
Caesar's last words.

"Then fall Caesar."

300

Examples of this include sarcasm or exaggeration. 

What is verbal irony? 

400

Has a premonition of Caesar's death.

Who is Calphurnia? 

400

A character who we do not know much about.

What is a flat character?

400

Refers to a specific person, place, thing. 

What is a proper noun?

400

These three people tried to warn a very arrogant Caesar.

Who is Artemidorus, Calphurnia, and the Soothsayer? 

400

The queen of enjambment and solitude.

Who is Emily Dickinson?

500

Described as useless as a war horse.

Who is Lepidus? 

500

The author "beats around the bush" with details about the character. We have to find for ourselves.

What is indirect characterization? 
500

Nouns that are nontangible. 

What are abstract nouns? 

500

The man the conspirators try to get pardoned before stabbing Caesar.

Who is Publius Cimber? 

500

In "Life is Sweet", Bola explains the death of her first six sons by saying they were all this.

What is the same child?