Stuff from ELA Class
What figure of speech compares two things not using like or as?
Metaphor
Who are the two main characters in the book?
Maribel and Mayor
What is the food system?
How food gets from the ground to our plate.
Where does the play take place?
Verona, Italy
What is Ms. Spokis' favorite color?
Pink
What is it called when characters are talking to each other? It's indicated by what?
Dialogue - Quotation Marks
Where does the story take place? What state?
Delaware
What are the TWO types of farming that were compared during this unit?
Industrial and Organic
How does Juliet kill herself? Is it different in the original play and in the movie? If so, how?
In the original play - stabs herself in the chest with Romeo's dagger
In the movie - shoots herself in the head with Romeo's gun
What is Ms. Spokis' first name? (must say it correctly)
Andrea
What is a claim?
A statement that you believe is true and can be supported but facts but is something that can be argued.
Who is Alma?
Maribel's mom
What are the four stages of the food system?
Growing, process, transporting and selling.
Who informs Romeo that Juliet is "dead"?
Balthazar
How long has Ms. Spokis been teaching at CHS?
3 years
How do you cite lines in a play? Give an example
(Act #. Scene #. Line #)
ex: (3.5.189)
This classmate who becomes a threatening presence to Maribel and causes major conflict.
Garret Miller
An organism whose DNA has been altered using genetic engineering techniques.
GMO
Who directed the movie adaptation of Romeo and Juliet that we watched?
Baz Luhrmann
What country is Ms. Spokis' family from?
Grecce
This quote is an example of what literary element?
“English was a dense, tight language. So many hard letters, like miniature walls. Not open with vowels the way Spanish was. Our throats open, our mouths open, our hearts open. In English, the sounds were closed. They thudded to the floor. And yet, there was something magnificent about it”
Imagery
Who gets shot at the end of the book?
Arturo (Maribel's Dad)
What does viable mean?
Safe, sustainable and effective
Name ALL the people who die in the play.
Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Romeo, Juliet and Lady Montague
Where did Ms. Spokis go to college and what did she study to become?
University of Maine - History Teacher