"Romeo and Juliet"
Shakespeare
Greek Mythology
"The Odyssey"
Argumentative Writing
100

Name Juliet's parents.

Who are the Capulets?

100

He lived in this city most of his life.

What is London?

100

Name the god of the sky and heavens.

Who is Zeus?

100

The island where Odysseus lives.

What is Ithaca?

100

  The writer's position on a topic.

What is a claim?

200

Name Romeo's parents.

Who are the Montagues?

200

Name the Queen at the time Shakespeare wrote is plays.

Who is Queen Elizabeth I?

200

Name the god of the underworld.

Who is Hades?

200

The name of Odysseus' wife.

Who is Penelope?

200

This proves your claim.

What is evidence?

300

Romeo is in love with this woman at the beginning of the play.

Who is Rosaline?

300

The name of Shakespeare's birthplace.

What is Stratford-on-Avon?

300

Name the god of the oceans and seas.

Who is Poseidon?

300

This person asks Odysseus to fight in the Trojan War.

Who is King Menelaus of Sparta?

300

Supports your claim and explains your evidence telling how and why prove your point.

What is reasoning?

400

Name Romeo's cousin who tries to help him forget his love.

Who is Benvolio?

400

Name the date that Shakespeare was born and died.

What is April 23?

400

Name the child of Poseidon who is blinded by Odysseus.

Who is Cyclops or Polyphemus?

400

Name Odysseus's son.

Who is Telemachus?

400

The number of reasoning you must have for every piece of evidence.

What is two?

500

The person who is Romeo's friend and is related to the prince.

Who is Mericutio?

500

Name Shakespeare's wife.

Who is Mary Arden?

500

The goddess who is born from Zeus' head.

Who is Athena?

500

How long does Odysseus fight in the Trojan war?

What is 10 years?

500

A statement that acknowledges the oppositions point of view.

What is a counterclaim?

600

This person killed Tybalt.

Who is Romeo?

600

Name the theater Shakespeare is know to have frequented.

What is the Globe Theater?

600

Name the messenger god who can fly quickly with his winged shoes.

Who is Hermes?

600

How long is Odysseus gone from home?

What is 20 years?
600

Explains why your side of the argument is still more valid than the other side.

What is refutation?

700

This person killed Mericutio.

Who is Tybalt?

700

The number of children Shakespeare and Mary Arden had.

What is three?

700

Name the god who is crippled and deformed.

Who is Hephaestus?

700

The reason Odysseus stops at the land of the Cyclops.

What is to gain supplies and food?

700

A statment that urges the reader to take action to complete a task.

What is call to action?

800

This person agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet believing it would stop the fighting.

Who is Friar Lawrence?

800

Name the time period when Shakespeare completed his work.

What is the Elizabethan era?

800

Name the god of war.

Who is Ares?

800

What does the Cyclops do for food?

What is a sheep herder?

800

A type of writing that requires a writer to defend their own opinion using evidence and resoning to prove their point.

What is Argumentative Writing?

900

The relative of the prince who is engaged to Juliet.

Who is Paris?

900

The number of plays that Shakespeare wrote.

What is 36 or 37?

900

Name the goddess who turned Arachne into a spider.

Who is Athena?

900

The cyclops places this in front of his cave to trap Odysseus and his men.

What is a large rock slab?

900

A synonym for evidence.

What is facts?

1000

The setting for the play Romeo and Juliet.

What is Verona. Italy?

1000

Shakespeare wrote many of his poems during this pandemic era.

What is the bubonic plague?

1000

Name the person who went to the underworld to save his wife, Eurydice.

Who is Orpheus?

1000

Odysseus tricks Polyphemus (the cyclops) by telling him a fake name.

What is Nobody?

1000

The main goal of argumentative writing.

What is to persuade the reader to agree with the writer.