What are Visualize, Summarize, Predict, Clarify, and Question?
100
The two cases where we use apostrophes (besides in names).
What are (1) to show possession and (2) to make contractions?
100
"The one side of my head - the right side - is full of millions of gray hairs. I've had them ever since I was a kid."
What is hyperbole?
100
The main character of the play Fences.
Who is Troy Maxson?
100
The root word meaning "kill, cut."
What is cid or cis?
200
This element (or stage) of plot comes before the rising action and after the falling action - it is the TURNING POINT in the story.
What is the climax?
200
The five parts of an introductory paragraph.
What are Opening Statement, Title Author Genre, Background Information, Claim, and Clarification?
200
"... the engine coughed and died on them."
What is personification?
200
Troy says, "I ain't worried about them firing me. They gonna fire me cause I asked a question?" Name the character trait that this excerpt reveals about Troy.
What is confident?
200
Of the following words denoting "intelligent," this word has the most NEGATIVE connotation:
smart nerdy
wise witty
What is nerdy?
300
Authors provide indirect characterization using these three things.
What are thoughts, actions, and dialogue?
300
In the following sentence, these words must be capitalized:
dana hopes to study the works of african writers and islamic artists in college.
What are Dana, African, and Islamic?
300
"Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner."
What is metaphor?
300
The symbolism of Holden's red hunting hat.
What is Allie and protection?
300
Rewrite the following sentence in the correct verb tense:
In the play Fences, August Wilson told the story of Troy Maxson and his family.
What is: In the play Fences, August Wilson tells the story of Troy Maxson and his family.
400
The three types of EXTERNAL CONFLICT we discussed in class.
What are Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, and Man vs. Society?
400
Properly integrate and cite the following:
Speaker: Holden
Quote: I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes.
Page: 189
Holden says, "I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes" (Salinger 189).
400
"They got a lot of colored baseball players now. Jackie Robinson was the first. Folks had to wait for Jackie Robinson."
What is allusion?
400
The author of The Catcher In The Rye.
Who is J.D. Salinger?
400
Of the following, this word is derived from the root meaning "call, impel" ...
shout phone
recite reclusive
What is recite?
500
WHAT plus WHAT equals THEME?
What is TOPIC plus LESSON LEARNED equals THEME?
500
Name AND define the three parts in a chain of evidence.
What are (1) CONTEXT (the 1-2 sentence summary of what is happening before or during a quotation); (2) EVIDENCE (usually a quotation from the text); (3) WARRANT (analysis of the quotation and connection to the claim)?
500
"I made up my mind to take the life of the old man."
What is euphemism?
500
Holden's typical mood throughout the novel The Catcher In The Rye.
What is depressed (or lonely)?
500
A phrase in which two words of contradictory (opposite) meaning are used together for special effect.