Vocabulary
"The benevolent donor funded scholarships for dozens of students."
What does benevolent mean?
Kind, generous, or selfless behavior
"The police station was robbed last night."
Is an example of what?
Irony
The part of an introduction paragraph that directly answers the essay prompt.
Thesis statement or claim
Who said - "I’m glad it’s a girl. I hope she’ll be a fool--- that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool"
Daisy Buchanan
What is the purpose of an adverb?
Modifies an action.
"Scrolling on your phone instead of getting your work done can be deleterious to your grades."
What does deleterious mean?
Harmful; damaging
"If I can't go on my phone for 10 minutes I'll literally die."
What type of figurative language is being used here?
Hyperbole
A work that imitates another style, author, or genre for humorous effect is called this.
Parody or satire
The Crucible is a historical allegory for what event in American history? (close enough works here)
The Red Scares - Joseph McCarthy - McCarthyism - Communist Allegations
What's the difference between a subject and an object in a sentence?
Subjects do the action - Objects receive the action
"Plastic pollution has become a ubiquitous problem worldwide."
What does ubiquitous mean?
Being found everywhere; extremely common
A homeless man laying on the ground outside of luxury hotels could be an example of what literary device?
Juxtaposition
Define "dramatic irony."
When the audience or reader knows crucial information that the characters do not.
What lie did Elizabeth Proctor tell to the judge during the court scenes of Act 3?
Her husbanded never had an affair.
Identify six out of the seven conjunctions (words that come after a comma in a compound sentence)
And - but - yet - so - or - nor - for
"The clandestine special forces operation would only be possible in the dead of night with could cover blocking the moonlight."
What does clandestine mean?
Not meant to be seen; secretive or covert
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art is known as a(n)______________.
Using an object, image, or color to represent an idea or feeling is known as ____________.
Allusion - Symbolism
"If you learn anything from me, let it be that nobody can be trusted."
What is the sentence above an example of?
Oxymoron or paradox
What is a theme? Give one example of a theme from The Things They Carried
Theme - One of the central messages or lessons of a story.
Identify four grammar mistakes in the sentence:
"Billy and Bobby have planned to play basketball together yesterday but the whether wasnt cooperating."
"had" - comma - "weather" - "wasn't"
"The photographer sought to capture an ephemeral shooting star, but it wasn't easy."
What does ephemeral mean?
Lasting for only a very short time; fleeting
Identify all five figurative language types:
"Alex ate all the available appetizers"
"That was a piece of cake."
"Thunder roared from the skies"
"Buzz. Hiss. Sizzle. Boom. Pop."
Alliteration - Idiom - Personification - Onomatopoeia
Name five Shakespeare plays.
Various answers
How did Tim O'Brien make readers feel sympathetic to the man he killed in chapter 12?
Various answers:
Gave him a full life so that it is more meaningful that it was taken away.
Nonthreatening physical descriptions.
Compared the Vietnamese man's experience to the American experience.
What is an antecedent in a sentence?
The noun or phrase that a pronoun refers to.