Vocabulary
To get down from, step down from
What is alight?
This grammar term tells who or what after the verb.
What is a direct object?
What is Jesse's cows name?
Who is Miss Bessie?
When a word or phrase is used more that once for emphasis.
What is repetition?
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but shall have everlasting life."
What is John 3:16?
not important, minor
What is trivial?
An ___________ is a word that follows a noun and helps identify it or adds more information about it.
What is an appositive?
How many sisters does Jess have?
What is four (p. 2)?
A group of lines in a poem--similar to a paragraph.
What is stanza?
Who wrote the first five books of the Bible?
Who is Moses?
to throw a stream of things; to hurry
What is pelt?
Name the type of sentence: Please, pick up your trash after break.
What is Imperative?
Name the literary device: "A wail went up from Ellie and Brenda like two sirens going to a fire" (p. 101).
What is simile?
Boom! Whack! Crash!
What is Onomatopoeia?
In 1 Thessalonians 5:11, what two important things (verbs) does the Apostle Paul tell (command) believers to do for each other?
What is "encourage one another" and "build one another up"?
government in power; a form or system of rule
What is regime?
A _______ _______ renames the direct object.
What is an object complement?
Fill-in the blank: In Chapter 5, the narrator says, "they both [Jesse and Leslie] knew that the real giant in their lives was ___________."
Who is Janice Avery?
What literary device are these phrases: "Let the cat out of the bag" and "Barking up the wrong tree."
What is idioms?
From Matthew 5:1-12, name three Beatitudes Jesus taught: Blessed are...
"poor in spirit," "those who mourn," "the meek," "those who hunger and thirst for righteousness," "the merciful," "the pure in heart," "the peacemakers," "those who are persecuted because of righteousness."
cross, complaining, irritable
What is peevish?
Identify the direct object and the indirect object.
A local actress gave the cast free coaching.
What is coaching (DO)? What is cast (IO)?
In the last sentence of Chapter 8, May Belle possess a profound question to Leslie. What does May Belle ask Leslie?
"What's going to happen to you if you die?" (p. 109)
According to your "Literary Terms" handout, what is another name for the Resolution in a story's plot?
What is Denouement?
What apostle wrote most of the New Testament?
Who is the Apostle Paul?