Verb Tenses
past tense of jump
jumped
the present participle of run (Hint: use "am")
am running
This is the author of "The Monkey's Paw."
W.W. Jacobs
Flick Webb played for this basketball team.
Wizards
The "sea's face" is an example of what literary device?
personification
past emphatic of watch
did watch
past participle of joke (Hint: use "have")
have joked
This person brought the monkey's paw to the Whites.
Sergeant-Major Morris
This is the author of "Ex-Basketball Player."
John Updike
"Whale's way" is an example of this term referring to repeated consonant sounds.
alliteration
present perfect of cheer
have (has) cheered
Lisa ____________________ basketball after school. (present emphatic of practice)
Lisa does practice basketball after school.
This was the first wish made by Mr. White.
£200 (pounds)
This poem is written in ____________ verse, meaning it has a certain meter but no rhyme scheme.
blank
This is the author of "Sea Fever."
John Masefield
past perfect of walk
had walked
Paul ____________________ several races during high school. (present perfect of run)
Paul has run several races during high school.
Use a vocabulary word from the story to complete this sentence.
Tom _________________ held the door open for his friend, demonstrating his friendly personality.
amiably
Describe one way the gas pumps were personified in this poem.
Answers may vary.
"idiot pumps"
"nostrils"quatrain
present perfect progressive of learn
have (has) been learning
The college sophomores __________________________ many English concepts before graduation.
(future perfect progressive of study)
The college sophomores will have been studying many English concepts before graduation.
Explain the speaker and significance: "Well, I don't see the monkey...and I bet I never shall!"
Herbert White says this. Ironically, he will not see the money, because his death will be the reason his parents are given the money by Maw and Meggins.
This term refers to poetry have 10 syllables per line, with alternating unstressed and stressed syllables divided into pairs.
iambic pentameter
Explain the metaphor "long trick's over."
His journey on the sea ends, representing his life and impending death.