Will Shakespeare
Random Trivia from Brown Girl Dreaming
Diction
Words of One
Write Right
100

Who was the ruler for most of Shakespeare's life?


Queen Elizabeth

100

What was the name for the fire hydrant in NYC (Brooklyn apartment)?


DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Johnny Pump

100

This is a repeated idea in a piece of literature like: family, good & evil, change, loneliness

What is motif?

100

This is a question little kids ask all the time...

why, Y

100

This is what he did to first base and how you view a scene near a window

threw, through

200

What is the mascot name for Jackie Woodson's father's University?

Buckeyes

200

Times New Roman, size 12, double spaced

MLA

200

This is Mediterranean and Baltic

C, sea

200

This is an adjective for a loved one and an animal with antlers

dear, deer

300

What did Woodson call most of her haiku entries in the memoir?

How To Listen

300

colors, objects, and places that represent an idea

symbolism

300

This is a hot drink when you are sick

tea, T

300

This is an online Google Session and a rib roast

Meet, meat

400


end of a stanza

line break

400

When Uncle Robert leaves jail, he has converted to being a Muslim. What religion is this?

Islam

400

This is the part of your essay that is the claim(appears at end of intro and beginning of conclusion)

thesis

400

This is an interjection, a term of surprise!

oh, O

400

This is in your shoes and an accomplishment

feet, feat

500

3 line poem based on syllables

haiku

500

Who is Jackie's best friend in Brooklyn?

Maria

500

Posing two people or objects or settings or situations side by side to highlight their contrasting natures is ...

juxtaposition

500

This is a question

Y, why

500

This is another name for a carnival and bus money

fair, fare