Greek Mythology
What is the home of the 12 main Greek Gods?
Mount Olympus
Pronouns
What does CREJ stand for?
Claim, Reasoning, Evidence, and Justification
American poet obsessed with dark birds.
Edgar Allen Poe
Montague
Triton, Poseidon's son, is known for this playing this special aquatic instrument.
Conch Shell
This type of punctuation is used to indicate omissions in quoted material.
Ellipsis
What literary devices is present in the following quote?
“Mrs. Cook’s coffee is like a punch in the stomach.”
Simile
The poet's first book was titled Leaves of Grass.
Walt Whitman
"Thee," "Thy," "Thine," and "Thou" are all different forms of what word?
You
There are three Fates: Clotho, Atropos, and Lachesis. What do they cut?
The thread of life.
A noun, pronoun, or noun phrase, that receives the action of a verb is a what? Example: I gave the book to my cousin.
Direct object.
A term referring to the use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes. For example, buzz, rattle, bang and sizzle.
Onomatopoeia
Poet who wrote:
"Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room."
Maya Angelou
What is the name of the theatre Shakespeare created in London?
The Globe Theatre
This ugly God's alternate name is Mulciber; he is known for making armor.
Hephaestus
A type of punctuation used to join two independent clauses (it takes the place of words like and, but, if).
Semicolon
Poet who wrote "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died."
Emily Dickinson
Shakespeare often wrote in what kind of poetic meter?
Iambic pentameter
What type of creature is Medusa?
A gorgon.
Words like "Beauty" and "Intelligence" are what type of noun?
Abstract Noun
What is the first novel every English student reads at RV?
Of Mice and Men.
What poet asked, "What happens to a dream deferred?"
Langston Hughes
What Shakespearian play is the following quotation from?
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."
A Midsummer Night's Dream