Vocabulary Unit 7
Which of these words does not fit with the others? (salvo, fledgling, brawl, perjury)
fledgling
What do firefighters try to do to a forest fire?
ordain, quench, swerve, capsize
quench
An imperative sentence gives a...
statement, question, command, emotional reaction.
What is a fragment missing?
Subject or a verb
Name two people who you think won the Westing Game.
Answers will vary.
Something that happens at home would be...
domestic, amiss, foremost, proficient
domestic
Which of these words is a positive one?
decrease, onslaught, flourish, catastrophe
flourish
An interrogative sentence ends with what punctuation mark?
question mark
What is the difference between a fragment and a run-on sentence?
Fragment needs more info, and a run-on has too much info.
What are two of Sam Westing's other identities?
Barney Northrup, Sandy McSouthers, Julian Eastman
True / False: A paradox is easy to understand.
False
True / False: a remnant is the name for the survivors of a catastrophe.
True
Which is a dependent clause?
A. After the thunderstorm faded away.
B. We all emerged from under the shade.
A
True / False: I can fix a run-on sentence with a semi-colon.
True
How is Sam Westing connected to Flora Bambauch? To Berthe Erica Crow?
Bambauch made the wedding dress for his daughter; Crow is his former wife.
What could cause you to have wrath?
Make you angry
If a reading assignment is posted at 3 pm, when would the simultaneous check be posted?
3 pm
How many independent clauses are in a complex sentence?
1
What are the FANBOYS?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
How many bombers were there?
Two
Pick a person from the Westing Game who has a flaw. What is that flaw?
Answers may vary
Who would be evicted?
Someone who is being kicked out, often from a rented space
What kind of sentence is this (S, CX, or CD)? "A giant tree had been struck by lightning, and the roots lay exposed."
CD (compound)
Fix this sentence:
"The students cheered loudly at the end of the period they had won the game."
Answers will vary
List 10 details about your assigned defendant.
Answers will vary.