Things You Should Have Learned in ELA
The shortest sentence in the English language is widely agreed to be commanding someone with this two-letter verb meaning "to move, leave, or proceed."
What is "go"?
In part for having written Lord of the Flies, William Golding received this honor from Queen Elizabeth II in 1988, meaning he now shares a royal status with actress Angelina Jolie, actor Ian McKellan, and Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.
What is knighting/knighthood?
What is Star Trek?
Perhaps a stereotype, students in this grade who take an AP test are the most likely to forget to bring a necessary item on the day of the test.
Pima Community College's first year of classes were held, in addition to other locations, in this type of building at the Tucson airport.
What is a hangar?
This three- letter word, with meanings including "to put in a particular place," "to pass below the horizon; sink," and "a collection of things designed for use together," has the most definitions of any word in the English language.
What is "set"?
In 1954, the United States Navy named the first of this type of nuclear powered vehicle the "Nautilus" in honor of Verne's novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
What is a submarine?
William Shakespeare wrote many of his plays and sonnets between 1592 and 1594, largely because all London theaters were closed to reduce the spread of this disease.
What is the Plague?
Of the five most commonly taken AP exams, four had to do with the U.S. culture or the English langauge, leaving only this subject in mathematics out of the pattern.
What is Calculus?
One of Pima Community College's nine campuses is located on this air force base in Pima county.
What is Davis Monthan Air Force Base?
The sentence, "He believed Caesar could see people seizing the seas," contains this number of ways to spell the sound 'ee' in English.
What is seven?
Jules Verne's studies to become a lawyer were interrupted in 1848 by the outbreak of this revolution in Europe.
What is the French Revolution?
Charlotte Bronte made a pact with her close friends Ellen Nussey and Mary Taylor to never do this in her life, a promise she broke at 38 not long after meeting Reverend Arthur Bell Nicholls.
What is marriage/to marry?
Only about 5% of AP exam test takers a year go through a battery dying in this handheld device during their exam.
What is a calculator?
English has a relatively high number of contranyms, or words that can have these sorts of meaning depending on how they are being used, such as "sanction," "overlook," or "screen."
What are opposite/contrary meanings?
Jules Verne is considered the second most translated literary author in the world, behind mystery writer Agatha Christie but ahead of this English 16th and 17th century playwright.
Who is William Shakespeare?
In an effort to woo a married man, Charlotte Bronte gifted a piece of this famous French general and emperor's coffin to Constantin Heger as she knew he was interested in French history.
Who is Napoleon?
While the most commonly regretted item not brought to an AP exam was a snack, the second most regretted if forgotten item was this type of clothing.
What is a jacket?
Notable alumni of Pima Community College include Warren Faidley, a man who follows, photographs, and studies severe weather, also known by this two word term.
What is a storm chaser?
A pangram is a unique type of sentence which uses letters in this way, such as "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
What is every letter in the alphabet?
Shakespeare, along with president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, country music artist Merle Haggard, and Hawaiian monarch Kamehameha V, somewhat ironically died on this notable day in their lives.
What is a birthday?
This disease, an deadly airborne illness which affects a person's lungs and was also known as "consumption," likely killed at least three of Charlotte Bronte's four siblings, a common occurrence in Victorian times.
What is tuberculosis?
Perhaps a sign of how well prepared most students are when they take an AP exam, only this number out of five students reported they wished they had studied more for their test.
What is 2/ 2/5 / 40%?
PCC graduate Ned Norris Jr. holds the position of chairman for this sovereign tribal nation spanning Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima counties.
What is the Tohono O'odham Nation?