Vocabulary
It's the word in the following sentence that means "confused".
She was bewildered by the results of the MRI.
What is bewildered?
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
This is the main character in "The Landlady".
Who is Billy Weaver?
This is what a summary should NOT contain.
What is an opinion?
This is how many years Mrs. Thacker has taught at Geronimo High School.
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Its the word that completes the following sentence.
All of the loud noise and the large crowd made the students _______________.
What is apprehensive?
He, him, she, her, they, them, we, us, I, me
What are pronouns?
This what Billy saw that made him ask about the boarding house.
What is the sign?
A summary should be _______________ than the information being summarized.
What is shorter?
This is scholastic group Mrs. Thacker is the sponsor of.
What is National Honor Society?
This word is the antonym, or opposite, of lovely, beautiful, and comforting.
What is ghastly?
It's the adjective in the following sentence.
The beautiful girl danced at the ball.
What is beautiful?
This is what Billy said the landlady reminded him of.
What is the mother of you school friend?
A good summary should include this, which is the most important thought or central point of a paragraph, story, or article.
What is the main idea?
Mrs Thacker has this many children.
What is 2?
This word is a synonym, or similar meaning, to harmless.
What is innocuous?
It's what "under" is in the following sentence.
The boy was scared of monsters under his bed.
What is a preposition?
This information was familiar to Billy but he didn't know why.
What are the names in the guestbook?
When writing a summary, one must be careful not to include too many of these.
What are details?
This man, considered the father of horror literature, is one of Mrs Thacker's favorite authors.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
It's this sentence in your own words.
The girl had a compulsion to do something peculiar.
What is The girl had an urge to do something weird.
Name three conjunctions.
What are and, but, or, for, nor, so, yet, if?
This man wrote "The Landlady" along with Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and James and the Giant Peach.
Who is Roald Dahl?
If one is summarizing a paragraph, it should be about this long.
What is 2-3 sentences?
This is Mrs. Thacker's favorite sport.
What is basketball?