themes
Name the story whose themes include tempting fate and greed.
What is "The Monkey's Paw"?
The uncultivated (unworked) farmland is being allowed to lie _________ in order to replenish the health of the soil.
What is fallow?
__________ supporters of selfish political dictators may regret their choices when they see irreparable harm being done.
What is craven?
"The Cossack was the cat, and he (Rainsford) was the mouse." is an example of m __ __ __ __ __ __ __ in "The Most Dangerous Game".
What is a metaphor?
A Loyola student employs _________________ when facing challenges whether on the field or in the classroom.
What is fortitude?
Psychological and human impacts of armed conflict with regard to memory, trauma, guilt, justification, morality.
What is "Ambush"?
A time of travel, perhaps to distant lands
What is sojourn?
Gryphon felt ___________ when he saw his final math score, and realized he had achieved a "B"!
What is exhilarated?
The "giant ebony clock that strikes on the hour, s_______________ the relentless march of time and the approach of death."
What is symbolizing, symbolizes, or symbolism?
The constant __ __ __ __ __ against anyone who disagrees with her during discussions have left the annoying student without friends or allies in the class.
What are gibes?
Identity, self-discovery, freedom and autonomy versus social constraints of institutional partnership are some feminist themes in this story.
What is "The Story of an Hour"?
A temperate day is the opposite of turbulent, ________ outdoor conditions.
What is inclement?
To corrupt, pollute, or make worse by doing or adding something of lesser value
What is adulterate?
"Blood-red window panes, grotesque costumes, and the mournful chime of the clock" are visual and audio sensory details called i __ __ __ __ __ __ that create a vivid picture in the reader's head.
What is imagery?
She felt ______ at the loss of her cat.
What is bereft?
Inescapabilty and inevitability of one's mortality/eventual demise, social inequality and futility of hedonism (worldly pleasures)
What is "The Masque of the Red Death"?
A __ __ __ __ __ or halfhearted approach to studying difficult topics will not yield the best result.
What is tepid?
Rightful citizens who have been detained by ICE are seeking __________ for damages through the courts.
What is redress?
Building suspense with hints of things to come like Zaroff's creepy character overall, his saying, "I hunt more dangerous game", words like "curious dread", and unusual screams in the night are all examples of f __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ .
What is foreshadowing?
Foreshadowing as a literary device i __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ that something unexpected and possibly bad may occur in the story.
What is intimates?
Ability to reason, civilization v. savagery, morality, ethics, survival instinct
What is "The Most Dangerous Game"?
The student's skillfully disguised use of AI on his paper demonstrated a great degree of cunning ________.
What is artifice?
In order to make the meaning clear, the teacher read the definition of precedent ________ before using it in sample sentences.
What is verbatim?
In "The Story of an Hour", the doctor thinks Louise died from the shock of joy that her husband was alive, but the reader knows it was devastation for losing her new freedom. This is called dramatic __ __ __ __ __.
What is irony?
The __ __ __ __ expression on the intruder's g __ __ __ __ foreshadowed the disaster to come in "The Masque of the Red Death".
What are dour and guise?