Frankenstein / Mary Shelley
True or False. Mary Shelley became famous as soon as Frankenstein was published.
False.
(However, she did not have a male pseudonym. She just wrote under "anonymous")
previous
former
Which tense can only be used for action verbs (never stative verbs)
a. past simple
b. past continuous
c. past perfect
b. past continuous
to fail, drop out of school because grades are so bad
flunk out
a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral
fable
What is the name of the monster in Frankenstein?
Doesn't have a name
(although he does call himself, when speaking to his creator, Victor Frankenstein, the "Adam of your labours")
showing great potential
promising
In a sentence with uses both past simple and past perfect, which happens first.
a. past simple
b. past perfect
b. past perfect
to want, to desire
long for
a genre of literature that depicts the real world with an undercurrent or hint of magic or fantasy
magical realism
What color skin does Frankenstein's monster have?
yellow
Feeling of longing, sometimes melancholy about one's past
nostalgic
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Stories and Literature
Pine Eyes is the literal translation of which character's name?
to misbehave
act up (or act out)
an account (of a real person) that is fanciful and exaggerated or difficult to believe
tall tale
What happens in the nightmare Frankenstein has about Elizabeth?
He embraces her, but just as he starts to kiss her, her features change, she starts to look dead, darkness surrounds her, and worms start crawling out of her dress
to go over moments in the past
reminisce (look back is also okay)
How is the past continuous formed? How is the past perfect formed?
PC: subject + was/were + verb (base) + ing
PP: subject + had +past participle
to delay
put off
writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people (such as biography, history, informative, and/or self help)
non-fiction
What time of night is it when Frankenstein's monster awakens?
1 a.m.
to make contact or find something in common
connect
It was Sunday afternoon. I ______________ (watch) a cooking program on TV when I _________ (realize) how hungry I was. Of course I was hungry; I ____________ (ate) anything since lunch.
was watching
realized
hadn't eaten
to intend, to try to find or do something
set out
a story of a person of young age (usually a teenager) just as they are becoming an adult
coming of age