Grammar/Structure
This suffix means "full of" or "characterized by":
Ex: Ali demonstrated his studi____ nature when he got a perfect score on the quiz.
What is "-ous"?
This is what we can infer Zaria is talking about in the statement below:
"It's my favorite place on Earth. I eat there every day. I shout about it in class every day. I just text one of the workers that I'm coming, and they have my order ready for me just the way I like it. Some people like bowls. Some people like burritos. I like it all."
What is "Chipotle"?
This best explains how She's the Man adapts the characters and situations of Twelfth Night.
What is She's the Man moves the story to modern times and changes Viola's motivation for disguising her identity (in the play she does it for protection and to get a job while in the movie she does it to play on the boys' soccer team)?
Love, gender, and disguise/deception are all examples of this type of literary element in the play Twelfth Night.
What is "theme"?
This is the pattern of unrhymed iambic pentameter that Shakespeare often used for characters who were upper class or nobles.
What is blank verse?
The following sentence is an example of ____ voice:
"Nonchalant" was how Melo was described by himself.
(VS: Melo described himself as "nonchalant".)
What is passive voice?
This is what Jaden did in the list below to emphasize things he needed to remember:
-Practice Shakespeare scene for Stoffer's class
-Bring uniform for volleyball game
-Call Fatima
What is "used italics"?
*A better choice for this would be boldface type, but Jeopardy won't let me do that :(
This best describes the poetic structure used below:
'Tis hard to say of greater want of skill
Appear in writing or in judging ill;
But, of the two, less dang'rous is th' offence
To tire our patience, than mislead our sense.
What is rhyming couplets using full rhymes?
Letters, madness, and disguises are all examples of this type of literary element that is in Twelfth Night.
What is motif?
This is a side story in a play that exists alongside the main story.
What is subplot?
This phrase in the sentence below should have parentheses around it:
Ben, a student in our class he sits in the front, can't stop drawing anteaters.
What is (he sits in the front)?
This is what sentence 1 would be called if David were making this argument:
Clarissa is the best girlfriend in the world. She is funny and always makes me feel better when I'm in a bad mood. She is supportive and listens whenever I have a problem. She gives me compliments that make me feel good about myself.
What is "the claim"?
This rhetorical device is used in the example below:
Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are.
What is an apostrophe?
Viola's decision to dress as a boy because women would not be hired for jobs during Shakespeare's time is an example of how setting influences this literary element.
What is character/character development?
Unlike a soliloquy in which a character speaks their inner thoughts, typically when alone, this is an extended speech by one character either to other characters or the audience.
What is a monologue?
The sentence below is an example of _____ structure:
Ja'Lia runs a business in which she bakes cakes, packages them up, and sells them at school.
What is "parallel structure"?
This logical fallacy is used in the sentence below:
Dr. Parker is mean to Gladys, and this shows that all literature teachers are nasty and rude to their students.
What is "overgeneralization"?
The author's______ helps convey Jayda's feelings of sadness when Omanni doesn't come visit Stoffer's room during his daily "bathroom" visit in the example below:
"Each tick of the clock is a stab to my heart. I am an empty Hot Cheeto bag."
What is "diction"?
This is the theme that Shakespeare develops in this poem:
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease have all too short a date...
What is his lover is better than a summer's day because summer's beauty doesn't last?
This typically occurs in the final act of a play when the main conflict ends and remaining plot points come to a close.
What is resolution?
These letters should be capitalized in the sentence below:
"the words we lose: the merits and disadvantages of reading translated literature" was the first thing we read this year.
What is "t" in "the", "w" in "words, "w" in "we," "l" in "lose," "t" in "the," "m" in "merits," "d" in "disadvantages," "r" in "reading," "t" in "translated," and "l" in "literature"?
This persuasive strategy is being used in italics in the sentence below:
Dynasty said, "Ew, Odrelle, those shoes are so ugly. You really need to get rid of them. Do you want your man to see you like that?"
What is a "rhetorical question"?
This is the meaning of "pirouette" based on the context clues in the sentence below:
Ms. Eccher taught Layla how to avoid getting dizzy when doing a pirouette by steadying her stationary foot.
What is a dance move that involves spinning on one foot?
When Orsino asks "Cesario" what kind of woman he is in love with, and Viola responds: "Of your complexion" and "about your years, my lord" it is an example of this literary element.
What is irony?
This genre of Shakespearean play ends happily, while romances can also end happily but contain more serious or dangerous moments.
What is a comedy?