Vocabulary
What is the definition of opals?
semi-precious gemstones
What is the word we give to incomplete sentences?
sentence fragment
What is another word for conflict?
complication
What is the word we use when we give a nice word to something unpleasant?
euphemism
At what time every night did the crazy guy look into the old man's room?
twelve; midnight
Which letter is silent in the word "vehemently?"
H
An ___________ is an opinion statement.
assertion
What is the word for the overall tone of a story?
atmosphere
Irony can be situational, verbal, or ____________
dramatic
The student in "The Nightingale and the Rose" was dumped for the Chamberlain's ___________
nephew
Which vocabulary word means "worried" or "troubled?"
vexed
Spell the plural of quiz.
q-u-i-z-z-e-s
What is another word for a flat character?
static or one-dimensional
What is the word we use for verbal irony?
Sarcasm
What was the colour of the roses growing around the sun dial?
yellow
Which vocabulary word is a farming tool?
scythe
Besides a period, what punctuation mark can fix a run-on sentence?
a semi-colon
What point of view is commonly used by newspaper reporters?
objective
What do we call purposeful repetition of vowel sounds within a word or phrase?
assonance
In "The Tell-Tale Heart" the crazy guy kills the old man buy dragging a __________ over him.
bed
One of our vocabulary words is a 3-letter word. What is it?
awe
an extreme dialect of a language, where we can barely understand that it is the same language, is called
patois
Character can be established through description, actions, and _____________
dialogue
The way words or sentences are arranged is called ____________
syntax
Which animal was the cynic in "The Nightingale and the Rose?"
the lizard