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This is the faith Malcom X practiced.
What is Islam?
This music genre was taking over New York during the 1920’s
What is jazz?
This postmodernist comic book features a kid and his tiger
What is Calvin and Hobbs?
This kind of clause can be replaced with the term “it”?
What is a noun clause?
This is Mr. Tromble’s archnemesis
Who is Ms. Gurvich?
This is the name of the “egg” which Nick lives on?
What is West egg?
The sudden sinking of the economy in the United States that lead to a large decrease in employment
What is the Great Depression?
This well known transcendentalist author wrote the famous transcendentalist essay “Self Reliance”
Who is Thoreau?
These are able to distinguish an essential and non-essential appositive phrase
What are commas? (Essential appositives have no commas, non-essential appositives have commas)
This is the state where Mr. Tromble went to college.
Where is New York?
At Gatsby's funeral, these are the only people (excluding servants) who show up.
Who are Nick, Owl Eyes, and Gatsby’s father
This was the name of people who supplied alcohol during prohibition
Who are bootleggers?
Transcendentalists believe this experience was the best way to connect to the divine
What is interaction with nature?
The underlined phrase/clause in the following sentence is classified as what:
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
What is an infinitive phrase
This is the year Mr. Tromble started teaching at River Hill
When is 2001?
This African American leader spoke out against the writing and policies of Booker T. Washington
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This is the name of stylish, young dancers who often smoked, drank, and danced in jazz clubs; Zelda Fitzgerald and Daisy are considered examples of them
Who are flappers?
This 20th century civil rights activist was influenced by Thoreau postmodernist ideas
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This differentiates a phrase from a clause
What is a subject/verb relationship?
This is the High School class Mr. Tromble graduated in
What is the Class of 1988?
This action symbolized Janie’s independence and freedom following Joe’s death.
What is letting down her hair?
This famous magazine began its publication and would eventually become one of the most known news sources of New York
What is the New Yorker?
This philosophy that believes humans are a blank slate that discover the meaning of life rose in popularity during the Postmodernism movement
What is existentialism?
These are all of the phrases in the following sentences:
I threw a wish in the well, but don't ask me, I'll never tell. I looked to you as it fell, and now you're in my way. I trade my soul for a wish, pennies and dimes for a kiss. I wasn't looking for this, but now you're in my way
What are:
-In the well
-To you
-As it fell
-In my way
-For a wish
-For a kiss
-For this
-In my way
This is Mr. Tromble’s favorite punctuation mark
What is the semicolon?