Novel studies...
A story that has more than one meaning.
What is allegory?
Name the role of the italicized word in the following sentence:
The soldier guards the White House.
What is the Direct Object?
Bonus: Name the steps to identify the direct object in a sentence.
This root means around, about, surrounding.
What is peri?
Father taught the difference between an honest man and a dishonest man.
Who is Ralph Moody?
Old folks watch the race between Brer Terrapin and Brer Rabbit.
What is? (See board...)
In Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle, Rip van Winkle represents what as a form of allegory?
What are the American people?
Name the coordinating conjunctions.
What are:
and, but, or, nor, for, yet, and so?
Name the plural form of the following words:
cavity
soprano
counselor-at-law
What are:
cavities
sopranos
counselors-at-law
This character had to defend the seigneury while Maman was away.
Who is Madeleine?
Diagram the following sentence:
Painting will improve the room's appearance.
What is...? (see board and L38)
A 14 line poem divided into 3 quatrains and a couplet.
What is a Shakespearean sonnet?
State whether the following words are a phrase or clause:
as marauders vaulted the wall
What is a clause?
+Bonus:
Why is that group of words a clause?
What is the rule for changing musical terms in their singular form to plural when they end in o?
When a musical term ends in o you add an s.
+ Bonus question (from Mrs. Manaker)...
A two parter:
This character spoke of justice and mercy.
What is the name of the literary piece?
Who is Portia in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice?
Name the correlative conjunctions?
What are:
both--and
neither--nor
either--or
not only--but also
This literary piece was set during the American Revolution.
What is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
bolt, (is) bolting, bolted, (has) bolted
What are the present tense, present participle, past tense, and past participle of the word bolt?
The horse was part of the (calvary, cavalry)?
What is cavalry?
This literary piece inspired Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.
What is John Bunyan's The Pilgrims' Progress?
The Charge of the Light Brigade was the major conflict of this war.
What is the Crimean War?
Name, in order the novels according to their related time in American History.
Madeleine Takes Command-French Settlement of North America
Calico Captive-French and Indian War
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow-American Revolution
Tom Sawyer-pre-Civil War (roughly the 1840's)
Little Women-American Civil War
Little Britches-Early 20th Century America
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence and state whether it is transitive or intransitive:
Becca invited the old man into the house.
What is a transitive verb.
Bonus:
How can you tell if a verb is transitive or intransitive?
Her (perspective, prospective) helped her see another solution.
What is perspective?
Tom Sawyer was set in this state.
What is Missouri?
Diagram the following sentence and name its parts:
Both Kitty and Will gave the old man their gracious hospitality.
What is...? (see board and L39)