Nouns/Adjectives
No parent of a child who just joined the military wants to believe that military leaders will see the child as merely ____________________.
cannon fodder
Language that appeals to any of the five senses is called ___________________.
imagery
The summit of a mountain can be described as its apex or its ____________________.
zenith
What is a comma splice?
Which is the only American state to begin with the letter 'p'?
Pennsylvania
Because he was irritated by my political views, his _____________________ reaction was to start an argument, but then he caught himself and told me that he would just 'agree to disagree.'
knee-jerk
"Money doesn't grow on trees" is an example of this type of speech.
idiom
Name one way the Iranian government (in 'Persepolis') augmented the country's soldiers.
* it prevented boys ages 13 and over from leaving the country
* it promised boys that they would have a wonderful afterlife in heaven (the "key to heaven") if they were killed in war.
What three pieces of information -- all beginning with the letter 's' -- should be given BEFORE a quote (in the context leading up to the quote)?
1. speaker
2. spoken to
3. scene/situation/setting
Name a HWRHS teacher who graduated from this school.
Mr. Maher
Mr. Campbell
Ms. Maney
Which one of these people was a famous American entrepreneur?
Beverly Cleary, Ray Kroc, James Madison
Ray Kroc
Describe the tone of the ending of 'Persepolis' and explain your answer.
It is sad and subdued because Marjane is leaving Iran and her family.
Which vocab word (from the word wall) best fits in the blank?
My sister's ______________________ of Thanksgiving is much different from mine. She has always loved the holiday, while I've always found it to involve too much cooking.
connotation
Why is this passage confusing and how could you fix it?
Jack announced to the group, “'I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too.’ He blundered out of the triangle toward the drop to the white sand” (page 127).
The passage quotes both Jack and the narrator in the same paragraph. It should be split into two quotes.
Jack announced to the group, “I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too" (127). The narrator then observes that Jack "blundered out of the triangle toward the drop to the white sand."
Besides Mrs. Mahoney, name two HWRHS English teachers who have kids.
Mr. Pape
Mr. Hickey
Ms. Sette
Ms. Burnett
Mrs. Stephens
Describe the scene in 'Lord of the Flies' when a character experiences a suffusion.
Jack's face gets red in the first chapter when he loses the election for chief.
Name three people, groups, or events that Marjane's family would consider antagonists (in "Persepolis").
The Shah
Ayatollah Khomeini
Guardians of the Revolution
The Islamic Revolution
The Iraq War
A lot of young people will, unfortunately, ____________________ to peer pressure at some point in their teen years.
succumb
What memory aid did I teach the class that contains four ways of fixing a fragment?
Name the method and explain its four parts.
AC-DC
Add words to the fragment
Connect the fragment to the sentence before it
Drop words from the fragment
Connect the fragment to the sentence after it.
Name three transition words/phrases that help a writer REINFORCE or ADD ONTO an earlier point.
in addition
likewise
moreover
similarly
furthermore
another example
also
Name three substances that, for humans, are the OPPOSITE of innocuous.
For example:
heroin, poison, snake venom, arsenic, cyanide, lead, asbestos, cigarettes
Explain the difference between a 3rd person omniscient narrator and a 3rd person limited narrator.
A 3rd person omniscient narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters, but a limited narrator knows this about just ONE character.
Name three foods that humans should eat JUDICIOUSLY and explain your answer.
sugar, soda, french fries, chips, caffeine, etc.
Explain the problem with the sentence below AND fix the mistake.
In checking the records, the error became clear.
In checking the records, I (or he, she, or they) noticed the error.
The only animals who are not able to jump are........
elephants