After reading Romeo and Juliet, my teacher asked me to summarize what happened in the story.
What is Plot?
100
The story was written in third person, but the author didn't focus on just one character. Instead, he showed the thoughts of all the characters.
What is Omniscient Narrator?
100
The tree reached out and grabbed me with its long, bare branches.
What is Personification?
100
In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo speaks for a long time about his feelings on love. The speech is only for him to say, though there are other characters on stage they simply listen as he talks.
What is Monologue?
100
The ad tried to get me to buy a new shampoo by showing a woman with beautiful hair and a doctor saying that other shampoos just weren't as good.
What is Persuade?
200
Even though it was an action movie, the whole movie really seemed to be about the humor and the relationship between the mother and son.
What is Focus?
200
Romeo and Juliet is so popular because it's about love and everyone can relate to that idea.
What is Universal Theme?
200
After Romeo and Juliet die, the two families mourn their deaths before the narrator wraps up the story.
What is Falling Action?
200
Alone on the stage, Juliet wonders out loud what is in a name and how much a name is worth?
What is Soliloquy?
200
Viola preferred stories about things that weren't real. She said that stories about real life usually depressed her, whereas these books cheered her up.
What is Fiction?
300
Romeo and Juliet is a sad play, because no one gets what they want. At the end of the play everyone's lives are ruined.
What is Tragedy?
300
I thought the book was funny, but you really had to be paying attention to catch the little jokes that the author was making.
What is Subtle?
300
I like watching plays, like Romeo and Juliet, Othello, and Hamlet.
My mom told me about this article that talked about the Ebola outbreak in NY.
What is Secondary Source?
400
In the play, Romeo and Juliet, when Juliet's mother says that Romeo is a villain, Juliet says to the audience that he is not like a villain at all.
What is Aside?
400
The reporter wrote down exactly what Janice said for the article. Her words appeared in the newspaper the next day.
What is Quotation?
400
In the Superman movie, Lex Luthor is trying to take over the world. Superman's whole goal is trying to stop Lex Luthor who is causing all these problems.
What is External Conflict?
400
The most intense part of Romeo and Juliet is when Romeo thinks Juliet is dead and drinks the poison. This whole scene is what the play is building up to.
What is Climax?
400
Lucy tried to come up with a way to explain the point of the article to her mom.
What is Main Idea?
500
I like comedies because they always feel so light hearted and fun. The purpose of the movie isn't to take things seriously or make you feel bad.
What is Tone?
500
After taking English, I wrote a horror story myself. I used plot, tone, and imagery to help my story be scarier.
What is Literary Device?
500
First, you get out the bread. Second, you spread the peanut butter. Third, you spread the jelly. Fourth, you put together the sandwich.
What is Sequence?
500
That Batman movie was about Batman's decision whether he wanted to stay a superhero or try to have a normal life. It was all about his choice?
What is Internal Conflict?
500
Corbin wrote down exactly what happened in Romeo and Juliet in 2 paragraphs for his homework.