Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Parts of Speech
Stories
Stories Continued
100

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious

Ominous

100

an account of a person's life written by that person

autobiography

100

what is brightly in the following sentence: The sun shone brightly through the window

adverb

100

How many years did it take to pay of the necklace?

10

100

What does the daughter tell the Mandarin to turn the walls into?

Kite and wind

200

make (a place) bleakly and depressingly empty or bare.

desolate

200

a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.

dialect

200

What is the in the following sentence: The students sat quietly during their test

definite article

200

What smells bad in the Invalid's Story?

cheese

200

How did Rainsford arrive on the island?

He fell off his yacht

300

having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor.

amicable

300

a literary figure who undergoes significant internal change in personality, beliefs, or attitude due to the story's events and conflicts, evolving from their initial state to a new, more developed version by the story's end

dynamic character

300

What is to in the following sentence: The students walked to Wesco

preposition

300

What is Doodle's real name?

William Armstrong

300

How did Doodle die

He was exhausted from working too hard and his brother left him

400

sharp or pungent in taste or smell.

poignant

400

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

allegory

400

What is therefor in the following sentence: It was raining, therefor our game was cancelled

conjunction 

400

Why are the reporters at the house in "Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird" 

to film a documentary about food stamps

400

Why was the man on the train in "The Invalid's Story"?

To deliver the coffin with his deceased friend in it to his friends family

500

making a loud, confused noise; uproarious.

tumultuous

500

a form or set of forms of a verb in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb

passive voice

500

What is Ouch in the following sentence: "Ouch!" He yelled when he stubbed his toe

Interjection

500

What is the game in "The Most Dangerous Game"?

hunting humans

500

Why was the narrator considered selfish in "The Scarlet Ibis"

He only pushed his brother to do things because he was embarrassed of him

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