This is a blog to aid English 9 students at PCS.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Some Test Review for Test on Acts I and II tomorrow:

You can treat the following as a pre-test.  It doesn't go over everything, but it will help you to review.  Then go through your notes and check to see if you got everything right and fill in what you couldn't remember.

Can you provide a definition for each of these terms?  Can you provide a quote as an example for each of these terms?
1.      Alliteration
2.      Setting
3.      Metaphor
4.      Simile
5.      Antagonist
6.      Pun
7.      Conflict
8.      Prologue
9.      Foreshadowing
10.  Petrarchan Lover

        Five random questions:
1.       What is the theme of R + J?
2.      Describe all the elements that make up a sonnet.
3.      Give me an example of a classical allusion:
4.    Other than classical allusion, name the literary device in: “blind bow boy’s butt shaft”

5.      What meter do the noble characters speak in?

Write paragraphs on the following questions:

6.      Describe the feud, using quotes as CD’s.

7.      How does the feud affect Romeo and Juliet’s romance? (theme)

8.      Find quotes which express Romeo and Juliet’s love for one another.  Prove that consuming love is the theme of the play.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Flash Cards

Create Flash cards of your literary terms, definitions and examples in preparation for your Test on Thursday, Dec 15th on Acts I and II of Romeo and Juliet.  Due Monday.  I will be checking.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Dec 6th, 2011

Read Act II, sc 4.
Do a Summary.
I will be doing a homework check.