Vocabulary
Supply the missing vocabulary and determine its relation with the underlined word (S for synonym and A for antonym).
Here was a combination of the ______ of steel with much of the flexibility of rope.
[tenacity, torpor, vacillation]
Wole Soyinka is a _______ playwright, poet and essayist in the English language.
[Kenyan, Nigerian, South African]
Nigerian
Determine the word order that the following sentence follows.
As soon as his mother closed the door, Dennis started to play under the blanket.
normal word order
What is the full name of the author of The Last Leaf?
William Sydney Porter
Supply the missing vocabulary and determine its relation with the underlined word (S for synonym and A for antonym).
Everywhere there was the same ______, the same worn-out, desiccated life in death.
[tenacity, torpor, vacillation]
torpor - S
During the civil war in Nigeria, Wole Soyinka appealed in an article for cease-fire. For this he was arrested in 1967, accused of conspiring with the _____ rebels, and was held as a _______ for 22 months until 1969.
[Biafra, Abeokuta, Yoruba]
[political candidate, political prisoner, political analyst]
Biafra; political prisoner
Determine the word order that the first sentence follows.
“Can’t you draw in your room?” said Johnsy coldly. “I’d rather stay here with you,” said Sue.
inverted word order
O. Henry's stories are known for their surprise endings, which is known as the __________.
O. Henry twist
Supply the missing vocabulary and determine its relation with the underlined word (S for synonym and A for antonym).
As he proceeded, the company grew more scattered, and his old uneasiness and _______ were resumed.
[tenacity, torpor, vacillation]
vacillation - S
Identify the three missing forms and structures of the poem Telephone Conversation.
A lyric poem written in _______
A single block of stanza with 35 lines
A dialog involving a black man and a white woman in a phone call
To a considerable extent follows the question-and-answer pattern
_______ narrative point of view
A major chunk of the poem is written in the _______ tense
free verse; first person; present
Determine the word order that the first sentence follows.
There they looked at each other for a moment without speaking. A cold rain was falling, mixed with snow. Behrman took a seat prepared himself to pose for Sue as a model.
normal word order
Name the three artists in the short story The Last Leaf.
Supply the missing vocabulary and determine its relation with the underlined word (S for synonym and A for antonym).
Colleagues ______ with each other for promotion, yet must closely collaborate to fend off competition from without.
[truculent, vie, venerate]
vie - A
“The price seemed reasonable, location / Indifferent.”
The first sentence of the poem includes a _____ that introduces the theme of the following poem and informs us that things are not going to be as straightforward as they appear.
[pun, irony, repetition, rhetoric]
pun
Rewrite the following sentence into an inverted word order.
He had the audacity to show up to her and left without saying goodbye.
Not only did he have the audacity to show up to her, but he also left without saying goodbye.
Confined to her bed, Johnsy (who is suffering from pneumonia) becomes preoccupied with a leaf on a vine outside her window. This leaf comes to symbolize her will to live. Their neighbor Mr. Behrman scoffs at the idea and goes an extra mile to prove her wrong.
What is the theme of the story implied from this passage?
Hope and health
Supply the missing vocabulary and determine its relation with the underlined word (S for synonym and A for antonym).
There is no lingering malice or unexpressed resentment lurking among the ______ motives of this sign.
[ubiquitous, ulterior, venerate]
Give five (5) words that are used to highlight colors to introduce the theme of the poem Telephone Conversation.
Example: light, dark, plain or white chocolate (to be excluded from your answers)
brunette, red, peroxide blond, raven black, sepia
Rewrite the following sentence into an inverted word order.
She had just fallen asleep when the fire broke out in the room next to hers.
Scarcely/Hardly had she just fallen asleep when the fire broke out in the room next to hers.
As young female artists in early twentieth-century New York, Sue and Johnsy are in an unusual position. Their behavior challenges accepted notions of women’s roles and responsibilities in the period.
What is the theme of the story implied from this passage?
Gender and sexuality