SHORT STORIES
BODY PARAGRAPHS
CURIOUS INCIDENT
QUOTES
POTPOURI
100
In A&P, a bunch of girls get in trouble at a grocery store for doing what?
Walking into the store only wearing their bathing suits.
100
The first sentence of a body paragraph should do what?
Present the topic (topic sentence)
100
What test does Christopher want to take at the end of the book and why?
His maths A Levels in order to attend college in order to show he is not "Special Needs?"
100
"I watched all the way to the top of the mountain. In the evening light, rising above the village, the dust was like a pink bomb blast: a great, unfolding flower. I understood only that my mother and father were lost."
Not just the literal lost, but figuratively because they would not stop to help the family in the overturned truck.
100
How many legs does an octopus have?
two are used for movement, the others are "arms."
200
In the Summer of the Beautiful White Horse, what do the boys do with the horse?
They secretly ride it every night.
200
You must include this in your body paragraph to help support your point.
A direct quote from the text.
200
Christopher is arrested for doing what?
hitting a policeman.
200
"The second reason is that people often talk using metaphors. These are examples of metaphors. . . . I think it should be called a lie because a pig is not like a day and people do not have skeletons in their cupboards." (15)
potential answers: Christopher thinks very literally this makes him feel safe
200
How many senses does a human have?
nine: sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, thermoception - sense of heat, equilibrioception - sense of balance, proprioception - body awareness (sensing where your hands and feet are), nociception - sense of pain
300
In "The Lottery," what happens to the person who wins the lottery?
They are stoned to death.
300
What should be longer, the quote or the explanation.
The explanation.
300
Which person understands Christopher the best and why?
Siobhan because she knows exactly how to explain things to Christopher so he will understand.
300
"This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success Commencing in a truth?"
Macbeth rationalizing that what the witches told him can't be evil because they told him the truth.
300
Which of the following are berries? a. strawberry b. raspberry c. peach d. watermelon
watermelon - a berry is a fleshy fruit containing several seeds bananas, tomatoes oranges, lemons, cucumbers, grapes peppers are berries
400
In "The Lesson," where does the teacher take them and what can't they do there?
A children's toy store where all the gifts are too expensive to buy.
400
A strong explanation should mention what in order to help analyze the quote's meaning?
Specific word choices from the quote itself.
400
What are Christopher's ideal jobs and why?
astronaut, deep sea submarine controller (both allow him to be alone)
400
"During every class, you strain muscles or fall awkwardly off equipment, and when you overhear the Elite girls laughing, you think they are making fun of you. When you come home, you work out your frustration in your sketches, which even you notice are improving.
The girls discovers her true talents lie in a different activity.
400
What are Cinderella's slippers made from?
squirrel fur the story is French. when translated to English, mistook vair - fur for verre - glass
500
In "Best Daddy Ever," what has the daddy apparently gotten his daughter for a present?
He got her a dead pony.
500
How should you end your body paragraph?
By tying it back to your main point.
500
Give one reason we should like Christopher's mother and one reason we shouldn't.
(variety of answers)
500
"I remember sitting in my 7th grade French class and not having any idea why I was there. I did not know any French people, and nothing around me suggested I ever would. France was a rock rotating in another galaxy, around another sun, in another sky that I would never cross." (26)
Coates feeling school forced compliance rather than fostering curiosity, also his feeling of separation from what was outside his daily experiences and struggles.
500
Which is hairier: a human or a chimpanzee?
both have the exact same number of hair follicles: 5 million
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