Vocabulary
Work together on a common enterprise or project
What is collaborate?
Run-on, sentence, or fragment:
In the winter when the weather is cold.
What is a fragment
These characters are summoned to try to cheer up Hamlet ( and spy on him).
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
The name of Beowulf's sword.
What is Hrunting?
The sequence of events in a literary work
What is plot?
Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; loud and out of control
What is boisterous?
Run-on, fragment, or complete sentence:
I sailed on the lake at summer camp when I fell off the boat my counselor swam to save me.
What is a run-on?
This person is sent to France to spy on Laertes.
Who is Reynaldo?
Grendel is often compared to this Biblical character.
Who is Cain?
A person who possesses many different personality traits.
What is a round character?
Chronologically misplaced
What is anachronistic?
Don't talk to me before I drink my coffee.
What is a sentence?
Polonius believes this is the reason for Hamlet's moodiness.
What is lovesickness?
This is where Grendel lives.
What is the marshy swampland?
Going back in time to tell portions of the story.
What is a flashback?
A message that departs from the main subject
What is digression?
Choose the sentence with the proper capitalization:
1. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Jones work at Belmar high school in new jersey.
2. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Jones work at Belmar High School in New Jersey.
What is sentence #2?
These characters report to Claudius on the status of Norway.
Who are Voltimand and Cornelius?
This is the fatal injury that Beowulf incurred upon Grendel.
What is Beowulf ripped off Grendel's arm?
The main character in works of fiction.
What is the protagonist?
To give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors
What is abdicate?
Choose the sentence with the proper capitalization:
1. Swimming in the Pacific Ocean off of the coast of Oregon is challenging because it is so cold.
2. Swimming in the Pacific ocean off of the Coast of oregon is challenging because it is so cold.
What is sentence #1?
Hamlet asks the actors to perform this play.
What is "The Murder of Gonzago"?
Describing Beowulf as "noble protector of all seaman" is an example of this literary device.
What is a kenning?
The perspective in which the story is told.
What is point-of-view?