March, Book 1
Gracefully Grayson
Julius Caesar
Vocabulary
Grammar
100

The state John Lewis was born in.

What is Alabama?

100

The specific bird depicted in the painting in Greyson's room. 

What is the phoenix?

100

The person who repeated the phrase "but Brutus was an honorable man" so to encourage the crowd to question that statement.

Who is Antony?

100

a theme or idea in a work of art or literature that is repeated.

What is a "motif"?

100

A part of speech that expresses the "state of being" for the subject of a sentence

What is a linking verb?

200

The profession John Lewis wanted to pursue before becoming a civil rights activist.

What is a preacher?

200

The mythological figure who Grayson plays in the school play. 

Who is Persephone?

200

The name of the character who unsuccessfully tries to deliver a written warning to Caesar about the conspirators and the plot against his life. 

Who is Artemidorus? 

200
The graphic novel term for a single image that takes up a page or sometimes two pages
What is a splash?
200

The ten most common instances of this part of speech are: at, by, for, from, in, of, on, to, with, about

What is a preposition?

300

The city where John Lewis first participated in a lunch counter sit-in and was arrested? 

What is nashville?

300

The author of Gracefully Grayson

Who is Ami Polonski?

300

Where Cassius argues the conspirators should stay and fight Antony and Octavius' army.  

What is Sardis?

300

(adj.) supplying a final answer; conclusive

What is "definitive"?

300

The acronym we used to remember the coordinating conjunctions. 

What is FANBOYS?
400

Who wrote "The Letter from Birmingham Jail"? 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

400

The name of the friend at the beginning of the novel who eventually abandons Grayson

Who is Amelia?

400

The Roman senator known for his philosophy who is not involved in the plot to assassinate Caesar because he is too old, but who eventually gets executed by the 2nd triumvirate. 

Who is Cicero?

400

The definition of "militant"

(adj). Ready to fight, especially for a cause.

400
The name for the writing error in which a sentence does not have either a complete subject or a complete verb (predicate). 

What is a sentence fragment?

500

Where the events of "bloody sunday" took place, depicted at the beginning of the memoir.

What is the "edmund pettus bridge" or "selma, alabama"?

500

Grayson's youngest brother's name. 

What is Brett?

500

The feast being celebrated on the same day the Caesar entered triumphantly into Rome at the beginning of the play. 

What is the feast of Lupercal?

500

The definition of prodigy. 

Who is a person who shows remarkable talent at an early age? 

500

The name for a comma error in which two independent clauses are joined together by only a comma. 

What is a comma splice?