What the story is mainly about. The moral of the story. The lesson you are supposed to learn.
100
Which of the following statements best identifies a theme of the text?
B. Strangers can be more dangerous than they initially appear.
100
Give an example of figurative language from the first paragraph.
Imagery. Simile.
100
What is the formula for slope?
y=mx+b
200
What is evidence?
Support for your argument or claim
200
Tone
The way a word sounds. How the author feels about a topic.
200
PART A: What does the word “compelling” mean as used in paragraph 12?
A: to urge someone to do something
200
What type of lodging is Billy looking for?
Cheap
200
What is the slop of a horizontal line?
Zero!
300
What is a topic sentence?
The first sentence in your body paragraph. It tells you what the paragraph is about.
300
Point of View (Either definition, or all 4 examples)
Who is telling the story. 1st, 2nd, 3rd Limited, 3rd Omniscient
300
PART B: Which quote from paragraph 12 gives the best definition of compelling?
“forcing him to stay where he was and not to walk away from that house”
300
What does rapacious mean?
Aggressively Greedy
300
What is the name of the papers that Alexander Hamilton wrote defending the US constitution?
The Federalists Papers
400
What is a rebuttle? (Refutation)
The part of a counterclaim where you explain why the opposing viewpoint is wrong.
400
Plot
The sequence of events in a story.
400
PART A: What can the reader infer about the landlady from her conversation with Billy in the sitting room?
D. She may be more threatening than she appears because her words suggest she was involved in the two men’s disappearances.
400
How do the reader’s and Billy’s contrasting points of view affect the text?
students should discuss how the contrasting points of view — between the reader’s ability to comprehensively see the landlady as a threat and Billy’s seeming inability to sense her ulterior motives — create dramatic irony and build suspense
400
What is the density of an object whose mass is 35 grams and whose volume is 2 mL?
17.5g/mL
500
What is a warrant?
Your reasons why you have the opinion.
500
Connotation and Denotation
Connotation is the emotional response to a word. Denotation is the dictionary definition of the word.
500
PART B: Which of the following details from the text best support the answer to Part A?
“‘Left?’ she said, arching her brows. ‘But my dear boy, he never left. He’s still here. Mr Temple is also here.’” (Paragraph 82)
500
How does the shift in the physical description of the landlady throughout the passage impact the story’s meaning?
students should discuss how the description of the landlady shifts from welcoming and gentle to strange and scary, implying the landlady may possess a more devious nature.
500
At which of the following points would a substance be considered a gas?