Vocab
Vocab
Grammar Grab Bag
Name that Literary Element
Literature
100
A PAUPER might be likely to (another P word on your review sheet) from the rich to get more money.
What is pilfer?
100
To hold back, and also, something you put laundry in.
What is hamper?
100
Say the part of speech of the words below in capitals. HE took his VORPAL sword in hand: Long time the MANXOME FOE he sought -- So rested he by the TUMTUM tree, And STOOD awhile in thought.
What is pronoun, adjective, adjective, noun, adjective, verb?
100
I have been studying for 18 hours today!
What is hyperbole?
100
What literary device can we connect the albatross to? Why?
What is a symbol of punishment and penance (the need to appreciate nature)?
200
Personification is taking a(n) ____________________ object and giving it human-like qualities!
What is inanimate!
200
Jane Austen and Emily Dickinson are household names now, but many of their most famous works were published AFTER THEIR DEATH.
What is posthumous?
200
DO/IO come after __________ verbs. An IO can only come ____________ a DO. PN/PA come after _____________ verbs. What is the following: Mary is a DOCTOR.
What is actions; before; linking; PN?
200
Bees with beaks beep.
What is alliteration, assonance?
200
What is the main conflict in "Silas Marner"? Defend your answer?
What is man vs. society; man vs. self?
300
What would the score be of a soccer game that ended in a DEADLOCK?
What is a tie?
300
If you flip out, you are being rude (lacking proper respect), or _________. If you are not proper, then you cannot be _________.
What is flippant; prim?
300
Add an appositive phrase to the following sentence: Gabby Douglas won a gold medal.
What is ,an Olympic Swimmer,?
300
What tone does the following diction imply? "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o'clock; in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 2th."
What is excitement, anticipation, joy? (clear, sunny, fresh, warmth, summer, flowers, blossoming, richly green, gather)
300
What kind of character is the Gene?
What is dynamic and round (changes and we know a lot about him)?
400
Replace the following sentence with synonyms: The brigand tried to commandeer the bank. Imagine his surprise when he realized the money was spurious!
What is robber, take over forcefully, fake/not genuine?
400
Do not (main character in Monster's Inc.) my good name by (something on a jacket to cover the rain + closing one eye + ing) this man into thinking I am an illegal (green thing from another planet) in this country!
What is sully, hoodwinking, alien?
400
What type of prepositional phrase is in caps below? He went to the store AFTER PRACTICE.
What is adverb phrase?
400
“Well, in that hit you miss. She’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow…From Love’s weak childish bow she lives uncharmed (Romeo: I, i, 209-212)
What is allusion (Cupid)?
400
Put the following excerpt from Shakespeare into your own words. "I'll watch her place of stand, / And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand."
What is "I'll watch Juliet where she stands and when I touch her hand, I'll make my own sinful hand blessed"?
500
Where someone might go who is exhibiting ERRATIC behavior. Hint: The answers is A vocab word!
What is an asylum?
500
The Mariner must ________ for his sins. Silas was unlucky in his old town. However, finding Eppie is very _____________. Romeo and Juliet believe they are ________ to be together, even after Romeo's _______________ from Verona. Gene's actions should create a giant _____________ in his friendship with Finny, but Finny thinks the idea of Gene jouncing him from the limb is crazy or _______________.
What is atone; auspicious; fated; expulsion; rift; preposterous?
500
Make the word "walk" into both a gerund and a participle!
What is Walking up the hill is great exercise; I pass the walking man everyday!
500
“I fear, too early. For my mind misgives some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, shall bitterly begin this fearful date with this night’s revels and expire the term of a despised life, closed in my breast, by some vile forfeit of untimely death.”
What is foreshadowing?
500
Name the genre of every book, play, or poem we have read so far.
What is RJ (tragedy, play), ASP (fiction), Marner (fiction), Mariner (ballad, poem)?
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