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what is a memoir?

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a reflection or account written from pesonal knowledge that is from/ about expierences

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who is the author of on the horizon?

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lois lowry

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why did lois lowry write on the horizon?

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because she saw a ship that sank in the attack on Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona when playing on the beach but didn’t realize it, and reflected on both sides of the war later in life

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what is the setting of on the horizon?

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august 1945, multiple places throughout the united states (hawaii) and japan

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how was on the horizon written?

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in verse it was written by lois lowry and her friend from japan both recalling stories they had learned/ expierenced from the war and turning them into poetry

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what issues does on the horizon address?

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grief, destruction, war, patriotism, death

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what is the theme of on the horizon?

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war causes destruction and tragedies on both sides.

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who is the author of brown girl dreaming?

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jacqueline woodson

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what is the theme of brown girl dreaming?

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everyone is different but we are all equal

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why did jacquelin woodson write brown girl dreaming?

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to compile all her old poems and recollect her memories from childhood that point to different themes and teach the lessons she learned growing up

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how was brown girl dreaming written written?

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in verse, by compiling all her old poems she wrote growing up and reminising over her old memories/ lessons she learned

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what issues does brown girl dreaming address?

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racism, being different, frienship, family relationships, being torn between two worlds

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who is robert in brown girl dreaming?

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jackie’s uncle and her mom’s brother. he moves to NY, goes to jail, and converts to Islam

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who is hope in brown girl dreaming?

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jackie’s older brother who is more reserved and quiet

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who is jack in brown girl dreaming?

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jackie’s father whom they soon leave after her birth because of marital issues with her mom

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who is jackie in brown girl dreaming?

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the main character and author. she is different from others, especially her sister and loves poetry and writing.

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who is odella in brown girl dreaming?

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jackie’s older sister who is extremely smart and loves books. jackie always feels like she must live up to the standards that odella has set and feels constantly compared to her

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who is roman in brown girl dreaming?

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jackie’s half brother who her mom gets pregnant with when she leaves them to live in NY. jackie is the closer with roman that dell or hope are. roman also eats paint and is in the hospital for a good amount of time.

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who is maria in brown girl dreaming?

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jackie’s best friend and neighbor who she meets in NY. maria is mexican and her family is like jackie’s second family.

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who is daddy in brown girl dreaming?

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jackies grandfather, her mom’s father whom she is closest with out of all her siblings. the siblings live with him and grandma for a while, and go back to visit them every summer. he dies.

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who is grandma in brown girl dreaming?

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jackies grandmother, her mom’s mother. married to “daddy” or grandpa gunnar. jackie and her siblings live with them for a while. grandma is also a devout jehovah’s wittness, and converts the kids.

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who is caroline in brown girl dreaming?

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jackie’s aunt, “aunt kay” who dies from falling down the stairs after jackie and her family move to NY in an apartment. her and jackie’s mother were very close.

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allusion

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a reference to history, mythology, the Bible, or literature

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aliteration

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the repetition of initial consonant sounds

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antagonist
The character opposing the protagonist; can be a person, idea, or force
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assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds
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cacophony
a harsh, discordant coice and arangement of sounds
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conflict
a struggle between two opposing forces
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connotation
an idea or feeling a word evokes in addition to its literal meaning
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denotation
the dictionary definition of a word
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diction
intentional word choice by an author
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euphony
a smooth, pleasant sounding choice and arrangement of sounds.
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hyperbole
intentional exaggeration to make a point
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imagery
content that appeals to the senses
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irony
a contrast between appearance and reality – usually one in which reality is the opposite from what it seems; when one thing is expected to happen or be, and the exact opposite happens
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malapropism
the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect
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metaphor
a direct comparison of two unlike things, usually one more concrete and the other more abstract.
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meter
the description of the rhytmic pattern of poetry (rhythm is the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables/beats in poetry)
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monologue
a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program
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mood
the feeling created in a reader by a literary work or passage
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motif
a recurring element in a literary work; a pattern or strand of imagery or symbolism in a work of literature
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oxymoron
a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression
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paradox
when elements of a statement contradict each other; may appear illogical, impossible, or absurd, but turns out to reveal a hidden truth
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personification
the attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman
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protagonist
the central character and focus of interest who is trying to accomplish or overcome an adversity and has the ability to adapt to new circumstance
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pun
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings
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setting
the time and place of the action of a literary work
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similie
a comparison of two unlike things, much like the metaphor, except that the simile uses "like" or "as" in the comparison
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soliloquy
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
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symbol
the use of any object, person, place, or action that both has a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, believe, or value
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suspense
the quality of a literary work that makes the reader uncertain or tense about the outcome of events
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theme
a central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work; a lesson about life or people (must be a sentence; one word is a thematic topic or possibly a motif)
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tone
the writer's attitude toward feelings about the subject matter and audience
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who is the author of the odyssey?
Homer
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what was homer's true identity?
his true identity is unknown but he was likely a bard or rhapsode who was blind. he lived in aroudn 850 BC Greece
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what other than the odyssey did homer write?
the iliad
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who is credited with creating the epic simile?
homer
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what kind of costumes were used in Greek theater?
actors wore masks and high platform shoes
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where was Greek theater performed?
outside
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who played female parts?
males- usually younger boys
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where did plays sometimes come from?
stories
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what are the traits of an epic hero?
-takes a quest -are remembered after death -regular human -maintains humanity
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what is a flashback?
when the story "flashes" back to something that has already happened, like living a memory
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what is an epic simile?
a long elaborate somparison between two dissimilar actions or objects
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what is epiphet?
renaming with decriptive words- ex. "the great warrior"
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what is in medias res?
puts you in the middle of things (in the story)
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what is an invocation?
a formal plea for aid/help, usually to a deity or spiritual power
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how did the greeks feel about crying?
they thought it was good to show emotion- even men
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how did the greeks feel about humility?
humility was not a common virtue- hubris or excessive pride is seen often in greek stories
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how did the greeks feel about hospitality?
they were very big on hospitality- you had to been kind to guests, often would embrace knees of guests
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did royalty have to do chores in ancient greece?
yes
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what is part 1 of the odyssey mainly about?
odysseus trying to get back home to Ithaca
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what is the main conflict of part 2 of the odyssey?
the suitors
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who is antinous in the odyssey? what does he do?
a suitor of penelope, throws a stool at odysseyus
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who is telechamus? what does he do?
odysseyus' son, helps him defeat the suitors and get his wife back
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who is penelope? what does she do?
odysseyus' wife, tries to stall and hold off the suitors, gets back with odyseuys
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who is argus? what does he do?
odysseus' dog who waits for him and when he sees him again dies happy
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what is the test for the suitors that odyssues passes?
shooting an arrow through 12 axe heads
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who is athena?
the goddess of wisdom and warfare who helps odysseus
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who is hades?
the god of the underworld
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who is posiedon?
god of sea and earthquakes, often seen wiht a trident
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who is zues?
supreme god of the Greeks/ king of the gods, god of thunder/ lightning
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who is charybdis?
enourmous and dangerous whirlpool
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who is scylla?
six-headed sea monster of gray rock
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who are teh lotus eaters?
distracts men with nectar of their flower
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whoa are the sirens?
thier lovely songs lure sailors to their deaths
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where was William Shakespeare born?
stratford-upon-avon, england
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how many children/descendants does William Shakespeare have?
0 now, he had 3 children and 4 grandchildren. all the granchildren died before having kids
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who was William Shakespeare's wife?
Anne Hathaway
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what else did William Shakespeare do than write plays?
he was an actor and one of the chief stockholders of the Lod Chamberlains' Men, became a part owner of the Globe Theater
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what is the globe theater?
-shakespeare's theater -built in 1599 -could hold up to 3,000 people
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what did the globe theater look like?
-octogonal shape with three levels
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what happened to the globe theater?
-burned down in 1613 -rebuilt in 1614 -demolished in 1644
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who went to the globe theater?
-poor people called groundlings who stood on the gorund (cheapest admission) -people with money sat on balconies/benches
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what kind of a play is romeo and juliet?
a tragedy
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wwhat is pyramus and thisbe?
a play that romeo and juliet is based on
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what is romeo and juliet?
a tragedy play written by william shakespeare about two lovers from feuding familes who kill themselves
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what is iambic pentameter?
when there are five duh-duh's per line (ten syllabyles)
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what information si found in the rolofue of the play of Romeo and Juliet?
basically an overview of what is to come
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who does romeo like at the beginning of the play? how does this change?
he likes rosaline who is sworn to be pure. his friends take him to a party hosted by the Capulets and he meets Juliet.
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how old are romeo and juliet?
juliet is 13 almost 14 and romoe is 16
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hat is juliet's response when her mother tells her to consider marriage?
she tells her that she hasn't thoguht about it but she is open
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how does tybalt's reaction to seeing Romos at the feat differ from Lord Capulet's?
Tybalt wants to kill him but Lord Capulet tells him to let him be
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After leaving the feast, what do Romoe and Juliet find out about each other?
thatt they are from each other's rival family- Romeo the Montagues and Juliet the Capulets
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Who is related to whom in the play?
Paris is related to the prince, Tybalt is related to Juliet (cousins), and Benvolio is related to Romeo (cousins)
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Why does the friar agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
because he thinks that it might fix their families fued
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who's idea is it for Romeo and Juliet to get married?
Juliet's
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how tells Juliet about Romeo's plan for marriage? how does this conversation go?
Juliet's nurse, Juliet is very impatient while the nurse is trying to stall
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who kills mercutio? how? Why?
tybalt, in a fight, because he wanted to fight Romeo but Romoe didn't want to fight so Mercutio fights him and Tybalt kills him while Romeo is trying ot stop them both
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who kills tybalt? why? how?
romeo, because he killed mercutio, his bestie, by fighting him with a sword and stabbing him
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what is the prince's punishment for romeo? what is the purpose of this?
To exile him, so that the capulets can think they have justice but since they both paid fo rhte lives he doesn't deserve death
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what are romeo and juliet's reactions to romeo's banishment?
they both have very dramatic reactions; full on fits
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why does lord capulet decide that juliet should marry paris? what is lady capulet's reaction? what is juliet's raction?
because he needs to bring happiness to the family after tybalt's death/ get an heir, she is happy, she refuses and is very sad
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what is the plan for escaping marrying paris that friar laurence gives juliet?
taking posion that will make her seem dead for 42 hours, then romeo comes and gets her from the Capulet's vault
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what are teh four reasons juliet says she is afraid to follow the frair's plans?
-what if the poison doesn't work? -what if the poison killd her? -what if she wakes up too early and suffocates? -what if she wakes up too early and goes insane?
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at the end of the play who ihad diesd and who is alive still?
mercutio, tybalt, paris, romeo, juliet, and lady montague have died lord capulet, lady capulet, lord montague, benvolio, the prince, friar laurence, and the nurse are alive
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what do the two families plan at the end of the play?
to make statues of romeo and juliet/ have peace between their families
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who said tis quote and what does it mean:“O Romeo! Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? / Deny thy father and refuse thy name; / Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, / And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.”
Juliet, why does my love Romeo have to be of teh Montagues? I wish he wasn't or I wasn't a Capulet
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who said this quote and what doesit mean: “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet;”
Juliet, why is a name importantt? if he were someone else he would still be the one I love, so why does he have to be of the Notagues
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who said this quote and what does it mean: “A plague o’ both your houses!”
mercutio, curse you both because you killed me
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who said this quote and what does it mean: “But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? / IIt is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”
Romeo, Juliet is so beatifual that she is like the sun/ bright
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who says tis quote and what does it mean: “Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow, / That I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
Juliet, i aill miss you but goodnight and I'll see you soon
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who says tis quote and what does it mean: “See how she leans her cheek upon her hand! / O that I were a glove upon that hand, / That I might touch that cheek!”
Romeo, shes so beatufiul, I wish i were with her righ tnow/ could touch her face
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who says this quote and what does it mean: “These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,”
Friar Laurence, your'e moving too quickly
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what are teh essential elements of a thesis statement?
a clear statement of your topic and what your whole essay wil be about/ proving. ex. Lord Capulet is to blame from Romeo and Juliet's death
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how do you quote something form a novel?
embedd, quote, citation. ex. Walking away from the store, Jakies said, "I'm never going theire again" (Woodson 47).
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how do you quote something form a play?
(act.scene.line.) ex. (4.5.23)
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why sould a wupte be embedded in a sentence?
because it helps the writing flow and gives context
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what order do sentences g oin for a 2-chunk paragraoh?
-topic -evidence (embedded quote) -explantation -explanation eveidence (embedded quote) -explanattoin -explantaion -conclusion

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