The following question is for ALL students
1. Choose one of the prompts listed below and write an introductory paragraph with a closed thesis statement.
- The penalty of death goes unused throughout the play. Not until the suicides of the final act does the feud end. Is the threat of death a good deterrent in preventing acts of violence?
- The main characters of the play are Romeo and Juliet. Which character changes the most and how does that affect the outcome of the play?
- Of the following list: Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, Mercutio, Friar Laurence, or the Nurse, who is the most memorable character of the play?
- Which gender (male or female) makes a more dramatic impact on the audience and why?
- The prince decrees at the end of the play that some people will be pardoned and others will be punished. Who is at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?
The following questions are from Collection 4 - Choose 1
Love's Vocabulary
1.According to the author, how does the paltry, or small, vocabulary of love affect poets? Give an example from the text of a poet's imaginative solution to this problem.
My Shakespeare
2. At what point in her performance does Tempest first use the name Shakespeare? What effect does she create by making this choice?
1.According to the author, how does the paltry, or small, vocabulary of love affect poets? Give an example from the text of a poet's imaginative solution to this problem.
My Shakespeare
2. At what point in her performance does Tempest first use the name Shakespeare? What effect does she create by making this choice?
The following questions are from Collection 5 - Choose 1
Night
1. How were Kapos like the camp administrators, and how were they like the other prisoners? Use details from the memoir to support your answer.
Is Survival Selfish
2. Summarize the factors that influence a person's actions in a crisis.
The Leap
3. Explain how the narrator's mother reacts to conflict. Provide specific details from the text to support your answer.
1. How were Kapos like the camp administrators, and how were they like the other prisoners? Use details from the memoir to support your answer.
Is Survival Selfish
2. Summarize the factors that influence a person's actions in a crisis.
The Leap
3. Explain how the narrator's mother reacts to conflict. Provide specific details from the text to support your answer.