- What is the background of The Odyssey? Of the Trojan War?
- Can you name the Twelve Olympians? Which theological system did the Ancient Greeks follow? What makes the Greek Gods and Goddesses stand out from other religions?
- Can you summarize each of the 24 books? Can you give a rough description of the journey of the titular hero?
- What is an epic poem? How is this different from Frost's The Road Not Taken?
- What are the themes of this work?
- Who was the author? Was it one person or multiple people?
- What influence did The Odyssey have on Western culture? Why had this work last so long?
- When is The Metamorphosis set in?
- To what extent does the author's personal life relate to his work?
- Is there more than one metamorphosis in the story? Should it be called "Metamorphoses" instead?
- Which mental illness is highlighted in this work?
- Which literary devices can be found?
- What is a poem? What are the two defining characteristics of poetry?
- What is The Road Not Taken about?
- Can you identify the rhyming scheme? What is a meter? What is iambic pentameter?
- What are the consequences of choice? Which path would you take? Why?
- Compare The Road Not Taken to Dr. Seuss' The Zode In The Road
- What are expository essays?
- What are they used for? How? When?
- Which voice is used when writing expository essays?
- What are reports? How to write fantastic reports and where to find them?
- What is the main goal of a report?
- How are reports different from expository essays
- What are summaries? How are they different from reports?
- Have you written summaries before? Are they formal or informal?
- Can you use this skill outside of the classroom? How?
- What is the formal voice?
- How is it used? When is it used?
- Which words are generally avoided while using formal voice? Is there an informal vocabulary?
- Which viewpoint is usually used in formal voice? Why?
- What are story arcs? Define the Hero's Journey.
- What are protagonists? Antagonists? Do they have arcs as well?
- What is ""Show, don't tell""?
- Where can you apply storytelling techniques?
- What is freewriting as a writing technique?
- How is it best utilized? How often should you do it?
- What is paraphrasing? Why is it important? Paraphrase this section.
- What are a few approaches to paraphrasing?
- What is a mind map? Was this covered in class?
- How is brainstorming done as a group?
- Why do you have to cite your work? Is this important?
- How do you find reliable citation sources?
- The improtance of proofreading? Do you proofread?
- What are nervous ticks?
- How should you address the audience while speaking?
- How to improve your speaking skills? How to overcome stage fright?
- List all (commonly used) punctuation marks. Do you know how to use each punctuation marks correctly?
- When do you use parentheses instead of quotation marks?
- Where would you put a semicolon?
- What is the Oxford comma? How do you use it?
- How do each of these build up from one another?
- What are some prevalent themes in the works we covered?
- Commonly found symbols in literature?
- What's the difference? How do they relate to each other?
- Alliteration
- Allegory
- Anthropomorphism vs Personification
- Euphemism
- Irony/ Sarcasm
- Imagery
- Satire
- ... and many more.