Quotes from Books You've Probably Read in School
"O happy dagger, / This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die"
What is Romeo and Juliet?
This punctuation mark ends the sentence with an excited tone.
What is the exclamation mark!
The best-selling book series of the 21st century.
What is Harry Potter?
The names of all three NEHS officers.
Nicholas, Meeshs, and Ethan.
This is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
What is Mercury?
"Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!" said the head. "You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close!"
What is Lord of the Flies?
The term for the main character who drives the plot forward in a story.
Who is the protagonist?
The Phantom of the Opera musical takes place in this city.
What is Paris, France?
We volunteered in this teacher's class during our Sunnyside Field Trip.
Who is Mrs. Goldsmith?
This city is the capital city of Canada.
What is Ottawa?
"I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted"
What is the Outsiders?
This symbol used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet.
What is the ampersand (&)?
This show was Andrew Lloyd Webber's first publicly preformed muscial.
What is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat?
This person was the NEHS president last year.
Who is Brandon Nguyen?
The only U.S. state that can be typed on one row of a keyboard.
What is Alaska?
"I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand."
What is the Crucible?
This term describes a narrative technique where a story opens in the middle of the action, rather than in chronological order.
What is in Media Res?
This book is widely considered the first novel ever written.
What is The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu?
This is how many total volunteers we had on our Sunnyside Field Trip this year.
What is 18 volunteers?
This mineral is commonly known as "fool's gold".
What is Pyrite?
" I do bite my thumb, sir."
This term describes when a word is broken into two parts by inserting another word within the original word.
Ex) Abso-freaking-lutely!
What is Tmesis?
John Steinbeck’s dog, Toby, famously ate the original manuscript for this novel.
What is of Mice and Men?
This film is Ethan's favorite movie of all time.
What is La La Land?
What is Tomato Juice?