Unit Vocabulary Lists
Essential Questions
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Writing essays and paragraphs
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What is the word for "fear of what is coming"? In the Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford's friend said, "Sailors have a strange d________ of that island."
What is dread
100
A part of your mind that is responsible for telling you if something is right or wrong.
What is conscience.
100
The passive of "I surmounted my obstacles."
What is "My obstacles were surmounted."
100
The name of the chimpanzee who attacked Charla Nash.
What is Travis
100
The first C in CBECW paragraph structure.
What is claim
200
What is the word from The Most Dangerous Game that means "friendly, easy to talk to." At first, General Zaroff was very ______________.
What is affable.
200
The individual is always struggling against the influence of this--includes family, corporations, your environment, peers.
What is society
200
The correct very form for the blank. If Adam's ______________ (survive), Adam might never have been captured by T and his men.
What is had survived
200
The word that Vizzinni could not stop saying.
What is inconceivable.
200
The location of your thesis.
What is the last sentence in your introduction paragraph.
300
A four word idiom for "to confess", "to say openly something you have been keeping secreat a long time." Adam was happy to _____ his suspicions ___________.
What is get off your chest
300
This element of comedy is when the reader knows what is happening but the character does not.
What is dramatic irony.
300
The correct passive for: Someone will grade the exams by tomorrow.
What is "the exams will be graded by tomorrow."
300
One of the two ways Countess Rugen kept busy.
What is sleeping on silk or being feared by everyone.
300
The name of the first sentence of your essay and what it should do.
What is the hook and draws the reader's attention.
400
The idiom from "The Princess Bride" that meant "to be strangely interested in." Use it in a sentence.
What is "to be hung up on."
400
You cannot completely rely on this--sometimes it can mislead you as it did the boy in the "Lost in the Mall" experiment.
What is memory
400
The correct verbs for this third conditional sentence: If Musharif ___________ (not/have) perseverance or a teacher to guide him, he _____________ (not/give) a speech in front of his school.
What is had "not had", "would not have given"
400
The thing that Amy Hertz dad and Adam Farmer's dad had in common.
What is being a newspaper reporter.
400
The five parts of a CBECW paragraph.
What is claim, bridge, evidence, commentary, warrant
500
A kind of phrase that literally means one thing, but figuratively means something else. Give two examples from the Princess Bride film.
What is an idiom. Keep you on your toes, loose your venom, to be swamped, to have ones hands full, to be a man of your word, to be taken with
500
One quality you need for survival is this: Not quitting even when it hurts or you are suffering, but rather doing all the way until the end no matter what.
What is perseverance, grit, or persistence.
500
A grammatically correct causative sentence that explains what the man did in the Asch experiment. Use the verb "to give the wrong answer."
What is "Group pressure forced/compelled the man to give the wrong answer."
500
The name of the famous teenage girl we read about and what she did that was so amazing.
What is Laura Dekker who sailed around the world at 14 years of age.
500
Something to be careful of when you are writing your claim.
What is not giving specific examples or making it too general to support.
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