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  • Part of speech: word that describes a noun or pronoun
    adjective
  • What is a story covering a hero across vast settings and many challenges passed down through oral tradition?
    Folk epic
  • Sentence structure: The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate, tradition, and culture.
    simple
  • Part of speech: word that expresses action or state of being
    verb
  • Who warned Odysseus or foreshadowed things to come on his journey?
    Circe, Tiresias (the blind prophet), and Polyphemus (the Cyclops)
  • Who were people who stood in front of the stage with cheaper tickets?
    groundlings
  • What was the 6-headed sea monster called?
    Scylla
  • What is the event that reveals the conflict in the story?
    inciting incident
  • Part of speech: word that expresses strong emotion or interrupts a sentence
    interjection
  • Which story was a cliffhanger?
    "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
  • Who gives the infamous and strange “Queen Mab” monologue?
    Mercutio
  • Part of speech: a person, place, thing, or idea
    noun
  • Which author was known for writing stories about regular people in New York?
    O. Henry
  • What is the part of the plot that shows setting and basic situation?
    exposition
  • What is it called when a story begins in the middle of things or with no exposition?
    in medias res
  • How did Odysseus prove his identity to Penelope?
    He knew about their secret bed made from a tree trunk
  • Who was extremely proud of his cattle in The Odyssey?
    the sun god / Helios
  • What is it called when a character speaks in a way specific to a certain location?
    dialect
  • Which crime did Soapy get arrested for?
    loitering outside a church
  • Who says the closing lines of the play Romeo and Juliet?
    the prince / Prince Escalus
  • What is a speech in which a character, alone on stage, expresses to the audience?
    soliloquy
  • Part of speech: word that connects other words, phrases, or clauses
    conjunction
  • What is the character who opposes the main character?
    antagonist
  • Who died in “The Last Leaf?”
    Old Behrman
  • Sentence structure: In Chinese astronomy, summer starts on or around the beginning of May, and it ends on or around August 6.
    compound
  • Part of speech: word that describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
    adverb
  • Who was supposed to give Romeo word of Friar Lawrence’s plan?
    Friar John (or another Friar)
  • What does the narrator of “The Waltz” compare the dance to?
    a football game
  • Sentence structure: When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
    complex
  • Part of speech: word that takes the place of a noun
    pronoun
  • What complement comes before a direct object?
    Indirect object
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